Clam AntiVirus CHM Unpacking Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020805
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020805
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1389
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Sep 3 2008
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.94
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Clam AntiVirus. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted CHM file that, when processed by ClamAV, will trigger an invalid memory access error and cause the target service to crash.
Hanno Bock reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can cause the ClamAV service to crash.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.94).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
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Vendor URL: www.clamav.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 10:02:40 -0400
Subject: Clam AntiVirus
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https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
CVE-2008-1389
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