CVE-2007-2973 Information

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.

Reference

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-2007.0125D20-20Avira20Antivir20Antivirus20TAR20parsing20Infinite20Loop20Advisory.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