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ClamAV Quantum Decompressor Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15811
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Release Date:
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2005-06-24
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Last Update:
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2005-06-29
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Popularity:
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9,758 views
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Critical:
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Less 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-2005-2056
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ClamAV, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error, which causes ClamAV to crash when scanning an archive compressed using Quantum compression with a window size that is less than 32KB.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.86. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.86.1
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Andrew Toller and Stefan Kanthak.
Changelog:
2005-06-27: Updated advisory.
2005-06-29: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279
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