PT-2007-5739 · Sophos · Sophos Anti-Virus For Linux

Published 2007-08-28 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4577

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux versions prior to 2.48.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, via a malformed BZip file. This leads to the creation of multiple Engine temporary files, also known as a "BZip bomb".

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.48.0, update to version 2.48.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4577

Affected Products

Sophos Anti-Virus For Linux

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4577 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26580 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25428 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608 · Note
• http://sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html · Note