CVE-2007-2973

N/A Unknown

Published: June 01, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://osvdb.org/36711

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25417

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn.runs-SA-2007.012%5D%20-%20Avira%20Antivir%20Antivirus%20TAR%20parsing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470042/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24187

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24239

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018137

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1971

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34557

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://forum.antivir-pe.de/thread.php?threadid=22528