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Sophos Anti-Virus Archive Filename Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26714
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Release Date:
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2007-09-07
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Popularity:
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6,215 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sophos Anti-Virus 7.x
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4512
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when logging the results of a detected malware in an archive with a specially crafted filename. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed when printing the resulting logfile.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 6.x and 7.0.0.
Solution:
Update to versions 6.5.8 or later, or 7.0.1 or later.
The vendor also recommends users of version 6.x to upgrade to version 7.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michael Jordon, Context Information Security Ltd
Original Advisory:
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/29150.html
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