SourceFire ClamAV up to 0.87.0 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in SourceFire ClamAV up to 0.87.0 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to bypass the scanning enging via a RAR file with an invalid version number, which cannot be parsed by ClamAV but can be extracted by Winrar.

The weakness was shared 04/16/2008 by Damian Put (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1835. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32417 (GLSA-200805-19 : ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo 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 0.87.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41874) and Tenable (32417). The entries 40305, 40304, 42790 and 42001 are related to this item.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 32417
Nessus Name: GLSA-200805-19 : ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 830609
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for mysql MDVA-2012:049 (mysql)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ClamAV 0.87.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Damian Put
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1835 (🔍)
X-Force: 41874
Vulnerability Center: 18310 - ClamAV < 0.93 Remote Scanner Bypass via a Crafted RAR File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28784 - ClamAV 0.92.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 07/31/2021 18:15
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 05/10/2019 18:26 (9), 07/31/2021 18:08 (4), 07/31/2021 18:15 (1)
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