Vulnerability CVE-2005-1530
Published: 2005-07-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Sophos -> Sophos anti-virus 
Sophos -> Sophos mailmonitor 
Sophos -> Sophos mailmonitor for notes domino 
Sophos -> Sophos puremessage anti-virus 
Sophos -> Sophos small business suite 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/21373
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14270
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=283&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014488
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