TI-2002-01080 Aliases CVE-2002-1109 GHSA-vq94-77vq-jhqp

securetar, as used in AMaViS shell script 0.2.1 and earlier, allows users to cause a…

LOW 11Published 2004-09-01 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00357 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner::::::::	up to 0.2.1	Vulnerable	Amavis

cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.2.1 Vulnerable ·Amavis

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1109
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vq94-77vq-jhqp

References

Advisory 1

amavis-securetar-tar-dos(10056)

Other 2

TI-1999-01459 The AMaViS virus scanner 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2007-01948 The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8

Sources

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