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CVE-2002-1109

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
virus scanneramavis
On-prem
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
amavisoss-projectSecurity Productsaka amavis-ng

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://marc.info/?l=amavis-announce&m=103121272122242&w=2
marc.info
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10056.php
iss.net
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103124270321404&w=2
marc.info

Timeline

Published
Sep 1, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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