CVE-2005-1530

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1530
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-19 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop) via a Bzip2 archive with a large 'Extra field length' value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.4.6 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.78 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.78d All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.79 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.80 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.81 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.82 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.83 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.84 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.85 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.86 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.90 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 3.91 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.1 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Mailmonitor 2.0 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Mailmonitor 2.1 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Mailmonitor For Notes Domino All All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Puremessage Anti-virus 4.6 All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Small Business Suite 1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sophos Anti-Virus Engine Infinite Loop in Processing BZIP2 Archives Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Sophos Anti-Virus BZip2 Archive Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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