CVE-2005-1530

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1530
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-07-19 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:32:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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 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 Mailmonitor For Notes Domino All All All All
Application Sophos Sophos Puremessage Anti-virus 4.6 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
Application Sophos Sophos Small Business Suite 1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Accenture | Let there be change IDEFENSE www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sophos Anti-Virus Engine Infinite Loop in Processing BZIP2 Archives Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Sophos Anti-Virus BZip2 Archive Handling Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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