13343 : Clam AntiVirus BMP File Scan Bypass
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4 months ago

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Disclosure

Jan 31, 2005

Discovery

Jan 31, 2005

Dates

Exploit

Jan 31, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

ClamAV contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when sending a base64 encoded image file in a URL an attacker could evade virus scanning. By sending a specially-crafted ZIP file an attacker could cause a Denial of Service by crashing the clamd daemon. occurs, and will result in loss of availability for the clamd service.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.8.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Clam AntiVirus	ClamAV	0.8.0
		0.8.1

References

Generic Informational URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-46.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-46.xml
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:025
Secunia Advisory ID: 14084 14085 14089
CVE ID: 2005-0133 (see also: NVD)

Tools & Filters

Nessus	16291 16437 18978

Credit

RedTeam Pentesting - RedTeam Pentesting

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