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Sophos Anti-Virus Multiple Archive Detection Bypass

Secunia Advisory:

SA26726

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Release Date:

2007-09-07

Last Update:

2007-09-11

Popularity:

8,646 views

Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

Security Bypass

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 7.x
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 6.x
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition
Sophos Anti-Virus Small Business Edition 2.x
Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 7
Sophos Enterprise Manager (EM Library) 1.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
Sophos PureMessage Small Business Edition 2.x

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sophos Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malware to bypass the scanning functionality.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors in the handling of CAB, LZH and RAR archives with malformed file headers. These can be exploited to bypass the anti-virus scanning functionality via a specially crafted CAB, LZH, or RAR file.

The vulnerabilities are reported in all versions of Sophos Anti-Virus with engine versions prior to 2.49.0.

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