First published: Wed Nov 01 2006(Updated: )
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.04 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.05 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.5.3 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.5.4 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.5.11 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.5.12 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.7.1 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =4.7.2 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.0.1 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.0.2 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.0.4 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.1 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.2 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =5.2.1 | |
Sophos Anti-Virus | =6.0.4 | |
Sophos Endpoint Security | <=6.04 |
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CVE-2006-5645 has a moderate severity level as it can cause denial of service due to an infinite loop.
To fix CVE-2006-5645, update your Sophos Anti-Virus or Endpoint Security software to the latest version.
CVE-2006-5645 affects multiple versions of Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security prior to specific patches including versions before 6.0.5 and 5.0.10.
CVE-2006-5645 exploits the archive scanning functionality by using a malformed RAR archive to trigger a denial of service.
Yes, CVE-2006-5645 can be exploited remotely by attackers sending specially crafted RAR files.