CVE-2006-4839 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01917.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Sophos Anti-virus

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4826	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-01T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:23:41.314Z

Reserved: 2006-09-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-4839

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-11-01T15:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-4839

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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