CVE-2007-2973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03491.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Avira	Antivir Av Pack

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:avira:antivir::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:avira:av_pack::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2965	Avira Antivir Antivirus before 7.03.00.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed TAR archive.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528
http://osvdb.org/36711
http://secunia.com/advisories/25417
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-01T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:54.494Z

Reserved: 2007-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-2973

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-06-01T01:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-2973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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