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Clam AntiVirus ZIP File Handling Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14084
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Release Date:
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2005-02-01
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Popularity:
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9,571 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Clam AntiVirus (clamav) 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0133
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Description:
Reinhard Max has reported a vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of file information in corrupted ZIP files. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable service via a specially crafted ZIP file.
Solution:
Update to version 0.81.
http://www.clamav.net/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reinhard Max
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-46.xml
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