CVE-2006-4839 - Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via

CVE-2006-4839

Summary

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438
http://secunia.com/advisories/22635
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 20-07-2017 - 01:33)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

bid	20816
confirm	http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
idefense	20061031 Sophos Anti-Virus Petite File Denial of Service Vulnerability
sectrack	1017132
secunia	22635
vupen	ADV-2006-4239
xf	sophos-petite-plugin-dos(29918)

Last major update

20-07-2017 - 01:33

Published

01-11-2006 - 15:07

Last modified

20-07-2017 - 01:33