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CVE-2007-4577

Sophos Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux before 2.48.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via

Sophos 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").

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.05565
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  • EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
sophos anti-virusall versions
sophos scanning engineall versions
sophos small business suiteall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRelevant Anti-Virus Signature Keywords In Application Log
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD28 Aug 2007 · 06:17 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/26580PatchVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018608
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25428
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