Description
Sophos 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.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-1533 | Sophos 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T21:51:50.552Z
Reserved: 2005-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2005-1530
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Status : Modified
Published: 2005-07-19T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2005-1530
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD