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Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP Processing Vulnerabilities

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SA26580

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Release Date:

2007-08-24

Last Update:

2007-09-04

Popularity:

10,598 views

Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

DoS
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 Anti-Virus for Windows 6.x
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition 2.x

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Solution:
Update to engine version 2.48.0 or later.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Sergio Alvarez, n.runs AG

Changelog:
2007-09-03: Added CVE reference.
2007-09-04: Increased criticality and added "System access" impact based on updated information from n.runs AG and Sophos. Added links to n.runs AG.

Original Advisory:
Sophos:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html

n.runs AG:
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_upx_code_execution.php
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php

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