SourceFire ClamAV up to 0.92 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceFire ClamAV up to 0.92 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

The weakness was disclosed 04/16/2008 by OUSPG with Oulu University Secure Programming Group (OUSPG) (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1387. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32097 (Fedora 7 : clamav-0.92.1-2.fc7 (2008-3358)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165685 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update clamav (SUSE-SA:2008:024)).

Upgrading to version 0.90 Rc1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41822) and Tenable (32097). The entries 40305, 40304, 42790 and 42001 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 32097
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : clamav-0.92.1-2.fc7 (2008-3358)
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OpenVAS ID: 90000
OpenVAS Name: ClamAV < 0.93.1 vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ClamAV 0.90 Rc1.1

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04/14/2008 +27 days 🔍
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04/16/2008 +2 days 🔍
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04/22/2008 +6 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2519 days 🔍
07/31/2021 +2329 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: OUSPG
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group (OUSPG)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1387 (🔍)
X-Force: 41822
Vulnerability Center: 18245 - ClamAV < 0.93 Remote CPU Consumption via an ARJ Archive, High
SecurityFocus: 28782 - ClamAV ARJ File Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 07/31/2021 18:00
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 05/10/2019 18:26 (10), 07/31/2021 17:53 (4), 07/31/2021 18:00 (1)
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