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CVE-2005-1530

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.0.1, with "Scan inside archive files" enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.05979
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

5
sophos anti-virusall versions
sophos mailmonitorall versions
sophos mailmonitor for notes dominoall versions
sophos puremessage anti-virusall versions
sophos small business suiteall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 14270www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD19 Jul 2005 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=truePatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21373
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