13343 : Clam AntiVirus BMP File Scan Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-01-31

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

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

Sourcefire, Inc.	ClamAV	0.8.0
		0.8.1

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 14084 14085 14089
CVE ID: 2005-0133 (see also: NVD)
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
Generic Informational URL: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116

Tools & Filters

	16291 16437 18978

Credit

RedTeam Pentesting - -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-03 | Disagree?

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