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").
References
- ADV-2007-2972 vdb-entry
- 25428 vdb-entry
- 26580 third-party-advisory
- 3073 third-party-advisory
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/28407.html
- 20070824 n.runs-SA-2007.026 - Sophos Antivirus BZip parsing Infinite Loop Advisory mailing-list
- http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_sophos_gzip_infinite_loop_dos.php
- 1018608 vdb-entry