ClamAV: Multiple Denials of Service

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200809-18 / clamav
Release Date	September 25, 2008
Latest Revision	September 25, 2008: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-antivirus/clamav	< 0.94	>= 0.94	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #236665

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV may result in a Denial of Service.

2. Impact Information

Background

Clam AntiVirus is a free anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

Description

Hanno boeck reported an error in libclamav/chmunpack.c when processing CHM files (CVE-2008-1389). Other unspecified vulnerabilities were also reported, including a NULL pointer dereference in libclamav (CVE-2008-3912), memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c (CVE-2008-3913), and file descriptor leaks in libclamav/others.c and libclamav/sis.c (CVE-2008-3914).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to scan a specially crafted CHM, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service (daemon crash). The other attack vectors mentioned above could also result in a Denial of Service.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.94"

4. References

Page updated September 25, 2008

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