CVE-2007-4577 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2007-4577
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Description: 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").

CVE Status: Candidate

References: ST 1018608 SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA26580 MISC http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php CONFIRM http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/477727/100/0/threaded BID 25428

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