CVE-2007-4577
N/A
Published: August 28, 2007 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAnti VirusScanning EngineSmall Business Suite
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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").
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26580Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3073x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.phpMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477727/100/0/threadedx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2972Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399NVD-CWE-noinfo
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