CVE-2006-5645
N/A
Published: November 1, 2006 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAnti VirusEndpoint Security
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threadedx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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