CVE-2002-1109 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service in AMaViS by submitting malformed TAR files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1109?
CVE-2002-1109 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
securetar, as used in AMaViS shell script 0.2.1 and earlier, allows users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR file, possibly via an incorrect file size parameter.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1109?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amavis Virus Scanner.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1109?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-1109 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1109 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vq94-77vq-jhqp.