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SYNTHESIS

An attacker can create a malicious LZH file in order to create a
denial of service and eventually to execute code in ClamAV.

Gravity: 2/4

Consequences: denial of service of service

Provenance: document

Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack

Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)

Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)

Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)

Creation date: 10/12/2008

IMPACTED PRODUCTS

– Clam AntiVirus
– Mandriva Corporate
– Mandriva Linux

DESCRIPTION

An attacker can create a malicious LZH file in order to create a
denial of service and eventually to execute code in ClamAV.

Technical details are unknown.

CHARACTERISTICS

Identifiers: BID-32752, IVIZ-08-011, MDVSA-2008:189,
MDVSA-2008:189-1, VIGILANCE-VUL-8321
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/8321