CVE - CVE-2014-1213

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-1213	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus engine (SAVi) before 3.50.1, as used in VDL 4.97G 9.7.x before 9.7.9, 10.0.x before 10.0.11, and 10.3.x before 10.3.1 does not set an ACL for certain global and session objects, which allows local users to bypass anti-virus protection, cause a denial of service (resource consumption, CPU consumption, and eventual crash) or spoof "ready for update" messages by performing certain operations on mutexes or events including (1) DataUpdateRequest, (2) MmfMutexSAV-**, (3) MmfMutexSAV-Info, (4) ReadyForUpdateSAV-, (5) ReadyForUpdateSAV-Info, (6) SAV-, (7) SAV-Info, (8) StateChange, (9) SuspendedSAV-**, (10) SuspendedSAV-Info, (11) UpdateComplete, (12) UpdateMutex, (13) UpdateRequest, or (14) SophosALMonSessionInstance, as demonstrated by triggering a ReadyForUpdateSAV event and modifying the UpdateComplete, UpdateMutex, and UpdateRequest objects.
References
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BID:65286 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65286 BUGTRAQ:20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530915/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/2300/7200/1031/120401.aspx FULLDISC:20140131 CVE-2014-1213 - Denial of Service in Sophos Anti Virus URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/1 MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125024/Sophos-Anti-Virus-Denial-Of-Service.html MISC:http://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1213/ OSVDB:102762 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/102762~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1029713 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029713
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140107	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140107)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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