20484 : Clam AntiVirus libclamav/mspack/cabd.c Infinite Loop DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	541	over 6 years ago	8 months ago	2 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Vendor Solution Date	Disclosure Date
2005-10-07	2005-10-07	2005-10-12	2005-11-03	2005-11-04

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
27 days	5 days

Description

Clam AntiVirus contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered due to a design error of the 'cabd_find()' function in 'libclamv/mspack/cabd.c'. With a specially crafted CAB file, a remote attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop and consume all available CPU resources resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.87.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Tomasz Kojm

Clam AntiVirus

0.86.1

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 17434 17501 17559
CVE ID: 2005-3501 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 20482 20483
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0126.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_26_sr.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319
Vendor URL: http://www.clamav.net/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=334&type=vulnerabilities

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-11-07 | Disagree?

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