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ClamAV CHM Processing Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31725
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Release Date:
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2008-09-03
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Last Update:
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2008-09-05
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Popularity:
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5,205 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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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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 error in libclamav/chmunpack.c when processing malformed CHM files. This can be exploited to cause an invalid memory access via a specially crafted CHM file.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.94. Other versions may also be affected.
Note: Various other issues, where some may be security related, were also fixed.
Change Page:
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