17544 : Clam AntiVirus Unspecified Quantum Decompressor DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-06-23

Description

ClamAV contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when ClamAV is scanning a Quantum compressed archive with a window size less than 32KB, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.86.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Sourcefire, Inc.

Clam AntiVirus

0.86

References

Bugtraq ID: 14058
Secunia Advisory ID: 15811 15860 15919 15938 16010 16413
CVE ID: 2005-2056 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000973
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:113
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-773
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Andrew Toller - atollerconnectfree.co.uk -
Stefan Kanthak - stefan.kanthakfujitsu-siemens.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-29 | Disagree?

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