Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:21510

Info

Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 21510
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-5874
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 09 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 25 2007 04:33PM
Credit: Stephen Gran is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
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 0.84
+ 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 0.75.1
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:

Discussion

Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

ClamAV is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to handle specific MIME attachments.

A successful exploit of this issue will cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

ClamAV versions prior to 0.88.4-2 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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