CVE-2005-1530 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 19 Jul 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion in Sophos Anti-Virus when scanning specific Bzip2 archives with archive scanning enabled.

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-2005-1530?

CVE-2005-1530 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1530?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus, Sophos Sophos Mailmonitor, Sophos Sophos Mailmonitor for Notes Domino, Sophos Sophos Puremessage Anti-Virus, Sophos Sophos Small Business Suite.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1530 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-2005-1530 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1530 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-524j-6vx2-r98f.