Clam AntiVirus Memory Access Errors Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020828
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020828
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3912
, CVE-2008-3913
, CVE-2008-3914
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Sep 9 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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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Clam AntiVirus. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger an out-of-memory null dereference [CVE-2008-3912], memory leaks [CVE-2008-3913], and file descriptor leaks [CVE-2008-3914].
The vulnerabilities reside in 'message.c' and 'mbox.c'.
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Impact: A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.94).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=623661
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Vendor URL: www.clamav.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Reported By: =?UTF-8?B?UMSxbmFyIFlhbmFyZGHEnw==?= <pinar@pardus.org.tr>
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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