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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-1109 · published 4 October 2002

CVE-2002-1109: Amavis virus scanner vulnerability

Amavis · Virus Scanner

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.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.36% · top 73.1%
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

10.0CVE-1999-1512Amavis virus scanner vulnerabilityThe AMaViS virus scanner 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via an infected mail message with shell…EPSS 5.1%7.8CVE-2007-2026Amavis virus scanner vulnerabilityThe gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document…EPSS 2.1%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-1109), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.