PT-2004-2971 · Sophos · Sophos Anti-Virus

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2075

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Anti-Virus version 3.78

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This occurs when a MIME header that is not properly terminated is processed.

Recommendations For Sophos Anti-Virus version 3.78, consider updating to a newer version that properly handles MIME headers to prevent the denial of service issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2075

Affected Products

Sophos Anti-Virus

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2075 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9648 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/10855 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15191 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1009042 · Note
• http://sophos.com/support/news/#mime-378 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/3925 · Note