Multiple antivirus products bzip2 files denial of service
| antivirus-products-bzip2-dos (14197) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Multiple vendor antivirus products are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the decompression engine when checking bzip2 files. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux, Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall, and McAfee Virus Scan for Linux could allow a remote attacker to supply a large bzip2 file to cause the antivirus product to consume a majority of the CPU resources, which would result in a denial of service.
Platforms Affected:
- Kaspersky, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0.1.0 for Linux
- McAfee, VirusScan 4.16.0 for Linux
- TrendMicro, Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall 3.8 Build 1130
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 16, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jan 09 2004 - 11:37:52 CST, bzip2 bombs still causes problems in antivirus-software at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-01/0073.html.
- BID-9393: Multiple Vendor bzip2 Antivirus Software Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA10596: Multiple AV Products bzip2 Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 09, 2004
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