Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus (clamav), which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or with unknown impact.
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TITLE:
Clam AntiVirus TNEF/CAB/FSG File Handling Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17434
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17434/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Unknown, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Clam AntiVirus (clamav) 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/2538/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus (clamav),
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service), or with unknown impact.
1) A buffer size calculation error in "libclamav/fsg.c" when handling
a FSG compressed executable file may be exploited with an unknown
impact.
2) An unspecified error in "libclamav/tnef.c" may be exploited to
cause an infinite loop, potentially causing a DoS via a specially
crafted TNEF file.
3) An unspecified error in "libclamav/mspack/cabd.c" may be exploited
to cause an infinite loop, potentially causing a DoS via a specially
crafted CAB file.
The vulnerabilities have been reported in versions 0.87 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.87.1.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Reported by Zero Day Initiative.
2-3) Reported by iDEFENSE.
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