CVE-2007-4577

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4577
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-28 18:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:36:00 UTC
DescriptionSophos 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").

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399 | NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.4.6 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.78 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.78d All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.79 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.80 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.81 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.82 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.83 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.84 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.85 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.86 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.90 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.91 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.95 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.96.0 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.03 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.04 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.05 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.11 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.12 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.3 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.4 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.4 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.9 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.9 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.2.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 6.5 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.4.6 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.78 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.78d All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.79 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.80 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.81 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.82 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.83 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.84 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.85 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.86 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.90 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.91 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.95 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 3.96.0 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.03 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.04 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.05 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.11 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.12 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.3 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.5.4 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 4.7.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.4 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.9 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.0.9 All linux All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.2 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 5.2.1 All All All
Application Sophos Anti-virus 6.5 All All All
Application Sophos Scanning Engine 2.30.4 All All All
Application Sophos Scanning Engine 2.40.2 All All All
Application Sophos Scanning Engine 2.30.4 All All All
Application Sophos Scanning Engine 2.40.2 All All All
Application Sophos Small Business Suite 4.04 All All All
Application Sophos Small Business Suite 4.05 All All All
Application Sophos Small Business Suite 4.04 All All All
Application Sophos Small Business Suite 4.05 All All All

References

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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP Processing Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sophos Anti-Virus UPX and BZIP Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - Sophos Antivirus BZip parsing Infinite Loop Advisory SREASON securityreason.com
www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html CONFIRM www.sophos.com
Sophos Anti-Virus UPX Processing Bug May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and GZip Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Best 7 Best Internet Security Software in 2019 MISC www.nruns.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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