25120 : Clam AntiVirus Freshclam HTTP Header Remote Overflow
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10 months ago

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100%

Disclosure
May 01, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A remote overflow exists in Freshclam. The 'freshclam' utility fails to check the length of HTTP headers resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow when a server responds with more than 8KB of header data. With a specially crafted server response, an attacker can cause denial of service or arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity or availability for the service.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 0.88.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Tomasz Kojm
Watch-list
Clam AntiVirus
Watch-list
 0.80
0.88.1
0.88.2

References

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 21320 21496 22592

Credit
  • Ulf Harnhammar - metaurBrand New Doo Dootelia.com -
  • Peter - remllov_Brand New Doo Doogmx.de -

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