Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4839 - Denial of Service and Memory Corruption vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
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