CVE - CVE-2007-4577

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4577	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed BZip file that results in the creation of multiple Engine temporary files (aka a "BZip bomb").
References
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BID:25428 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428 BUGTRAQ:20070824 n.runs-SA-2007.026 - Sophos Antivirus BZip parsing Infinite Loop Advisory URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html MISC:http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php SECTRACK:1018608 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 SECUNIA:26580 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 SREASON:3073 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073 VUPEN:ADV-2007-2972 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070828	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 (20070828)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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