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Sophos Anti-Virus: SIT file vulnerability identified

An issue has been discovered in the Sophos scanning engine.

The specific issue exists in the reading in of strings in SIT files, where a crafted filename could cause remote code to be executed. There are no known exploits at the time of writing.

All version of Sophos Anti-Virus running the 2.40 virus engine no longer have this vulnerability.

The CVE number for this issue is CVE-2006-6335.

Sophos would like to thank an anonymous researcher working with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue.

If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.