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CVE-2008-6903

Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows before 7.6.3, Anti-Virus for Windows NT/9x before 4.7.18, Anti-Virus for OS X before 4.9.18, Anti-Virus for Linux before 6.4.5, Anti-Virus for UNIX before 7.0.5, Anti-Virus for Unix and Netware before 4.37.0, Sophos EM Library, and Sophos small business solutions, when CAB archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a "fuzzed" CAB archive file, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-6903 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from sophos, from sophos organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-08-06T00:30:00.297

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sophos	anti-virus	4.7.18	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus	4.7.18	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus	4.9.18	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus	4.37.0	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus	6.4.5	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus	7.0.5	Yes
Application	sophos	anti-virus7.6.3	*	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/50863 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html ([email protected])
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893252316489&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/50863 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33177 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08015.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32748 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021476 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/50611.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3458 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sophos's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.