From: iViZ Security Advisories (advisoriesivizsecurity.com)
Date: Wed Dec 10 2008 - 06:02:49 CST

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[ iViZ Security Advisory 08-015 10/12/2008 ]
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iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
                                            http://www.ivizsecurity.com
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* Title: Sophos Antivirus for Linux vulnerability
* Date: 10/12/2008
* Software: Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux

--[ Synopsis:

    Sophos Antivirus deterministically crashes (segmentation fault)
    when analyzing corrupted packed files for multiple packers :
    armadillo, asprotect, asprotectSKE. The same behavior has also
    been observed when analyzing corrupted CAB files.

--[ Affected Software:

  * Sophos SAVScan 4.33.0 for Linux, possibly others

--[ Impact:

    Remote DoS, possibly remote code execution.

--[ Vendor response:

  * Vendor acknowledged the problems and will "fix the issues" in the
next release.

--[ Credits:

    This vulnerability was discovered by Security Researcher
    Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

--[ Disclosure timeline:

--[ Reference:

    http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory.html

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