32283 : Clam AntiVirus MIME Malformed CAB File Processing DoS
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Disclosure

Feb 15, 2007

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Private

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-02-20 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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