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Vigil@nce: ClamAV, denials of service
September 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
An attacker can generate several denials of service on 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: 03/09/2008
Identifier: VIGILANCE-VUL-8082
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
- Clam AntiVirus [confidential versions]
DESCRIPTION
An attacker can generate several denials of service on ClamAV.
A malicious CHM file can generate a denial of service. [grav:2/4;
1089, CVE-2008-1389]
Several memory and descriptor leaks can occur in
freshclam/manager.c, shared/tar.c, libclamav/others.c and
libclamav/sis.c. [grav:2/4; 1141]
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 1089, 1141, CVE-2008-1389, VIGILANCE-VUL-8082
