CVE-2002-1109

high

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.

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10056.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103124270321404&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=amavis-announce&m=103121272122242&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0007