Info

Disclosure

Apr 05, 2006

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote format string vulnerability exists in Clam Anti-Virus. The logging routines in shared/output.c fail to correctly validate user-supplied input. With a specially crafted transaction including format strings, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
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

Bugtraq ID: 17388
Secunia Advisory ID: 19534 19536 19564 19567 19570 19608 23719
CVE ID: 2006-1615 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24457 24459
ISS X-Force ID: 25660 25661 25662
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-04/0156.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

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/24458