VDB-33710 · CVE-2006-5874 · BID 21510

ClamAV up to 0.88 null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability was found in ClamAV (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment that triggers a null pointer dereference.

The weakness was published 12/09/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5874. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27177 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : clamav (clamav-2391)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165109 (SUSE Security Update for ClamAV (SUSE-SA:2006:078)).

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 vulnerability database at Tenable (27177). Similar entries are available at 33788 and 33717.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 27177
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : clamav (clamav-2391)
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OpenVAS ID: 57710
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1232-1 (clamav)
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Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-5874 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 13367 - Clam AntiVirus Denial of Service via MIME Attachment, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21510 - Clam Anti-Virus MIME Attachments Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 05/10/2019 18:22
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (59), 05/10/2019 18:22 (8)
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