Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:14090

Info

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14090
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-1922
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 29 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 04:06PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to an anonymous source.
Vulnerable: Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.85.1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.85
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84 rc2
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84 rc1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.1 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.1 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.83
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.82
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.81
+ Gentoo Linux
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc4
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc3
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc2
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.70
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.68 -1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.68
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.67
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc3
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.65
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.60
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.54
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.53
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.52
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.51
Not Vulnerable: Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.86 .1
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.86

Discussion

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A remote denial of service vulnerability affects ClamAV. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle MS-Expand files.

An attacker may leverage this issue to cause the Clam Anti-Virus daemon to cease functioning correctly, leaving an affected computer open to infection by malicious code.

Exploit / POC

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.

Debian has released advisory DSA 737-1 to address various issues affecting clamav. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Conectiva Linux has released security announcement CLSA-2005:973 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining abd applying the appropriate updates.

Debian has released security advisory DSA 773-1 addressing several issues for their AMD64 port of the operating system. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.51

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.52

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.53

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.54

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.60

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.65

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.67

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.68

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.68 -1

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.70

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc4

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc3

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc1

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.80 rc2

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.81

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.82

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.83

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84 rc1

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.84 rc2

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.85

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 0.85.1

References

Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV MS-Expand File Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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