24457 : Clam AntiVirus PE Header Parser Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-04-05	2006-04-05

Description

A remote overflow exists in Clam AntiVirus. The product fails to correctly verify the length of PE headers resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted file, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.88.1 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

0.88

References

Security Tracker: 1015887
Bugtraq ID: 17388
Secunia Advisory ID: 19534 19536 19564 19567 19570 19608 23719
CVE ID: 2006-1614 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24458 24459
ISS X-Force ID: 25660 25661 25662
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0176.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0002.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-06.xml
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0020/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=407078
Other Advisory URL: http://up2date.astaro.com/2006/05/low_up2date_6202.html
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1024
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:067
Generic Informational URL: http://www.overflow.pl/adv/clamavupxinteger.txt

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Credit

Damian Put - pucikoverflow.pl -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-07 | Disagree?

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