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Clam AntiVirus clamav-milter Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10213
Release Date: 2003-11-13
Popularity: 8,472 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Clam AntiVirus (clamav) 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Clam AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the handling of sender email addresses when a virus rule is triggered. This can be exploited by sending an email with a specially crafted sender address containing format specifiers and has a virus attached.

Successful exploitation requires that system logging is enabled and that clamav-milter is used.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 0.60 through 0.60p.

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