Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sophos / Trend Micro AntiVirus - '.RAR' File Denial of Service (PoC) EDB-2912 · dos · Dec 10, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1018450 vdb-entry
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- 1017132 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-4239 vdb-entry
- 20816 vdb-entry
- 20061208 Multiple Vendor Antivirus RAR File Denial of Service Vulnerability third-party-advisory
- 20070726 RE: [CAID 35525, 35526]: CA Products Arclib Library Denial of Service Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 22591 third-party-advisory