Sophos Anti-Virus Visio File Parsing Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Sophos Anti-Virus Visio File Parsing Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory:	SA16245	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-07-28
Last Update:	2005-09-28
Popularity:	11,486 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Sophos Anti-Virus 3.x Sophos Anti-Virus 4.x Sophos Anti-Virus 5.x Sophos MailMonitor for Notes/Domino Sophos MailMonitor for SMTP Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 4.x Sophos PureMessage for UNIX 5.x Sophos PureMessage for Windows/Exchange 2.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-2768

Description: Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in veex.dll when parsing Visio files and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted Visio file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. Solution: The vendor has issued updated versions (see patch matrix in the vendor's advisory). Provided and/or discovered by: Alex Wheeler Changelog: 2005-08-26: Added additional information and updated "Solution" section. 2005-09-28: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: Sophos: http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/3409.html Rem0te: http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/sophos.pdf

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