ClamAV 0.65 libclamav denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in ClamAV 0.65 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function in the library libclamav. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

libclamav in Clam AntiVirus 0.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a uuencoded e-mail message with an invalid line length (e.g., a lowercase character), which causes an assert error in clamd that terminates the calling program.

The bug was discovered 02/09/2004. The weakness was shared 02/09/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0270. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36576 (FreeBSD : clamav remote denial-of-service (74a9541d-5d6c-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15077), Exploit-DB (23667), Tenable (36576), SecurityFocus (BID 9610†) and OSVDB (3894†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 36576
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : clamav remote denial-of-service (74a9541d-5d6c-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)
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OpenVAS ID: 52449
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: clamav
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22414
X-Force: 15077
SecurityFocus: 9610
Secunia: 10826
OSVDB: 3894 - Clam AntiVirus UUencoded Message DoS
Vulnerability Center: 21909 - Clam Antivirus 0.65 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Encoded E-mail Message, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 04/14/2015 01:23 PM
Updated: 11/11/2024 11:43 AM
Changes: 04/14/2015 01:23 PM (42), 02/07/2017 10:38 PM (27), 06/30/2021 01:51 PM (3), 11/11/2024 11:43 AM (25)
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