AMaViS Mail Virus Scanner 2.x Zoo Archive denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in AMaViS Mail Virus Scanner 2.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Zoo Archive Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1669. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Disabling the affected component is advisable.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in AMaViS Mail Virus Scanner 2.x (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component Zoo Archive Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

zoo decoder 2.10 (zoo-2.10), as used in multiple products including (1) Barracuda Spam Firewall 3.4 and later with virusdef before 2.0.6399, (2) Spam Firewall before 3.4 20070319 with virusdef before 2.0.6399o, and (3) AMaViS 2.4.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a ZOO archive with a direntry structure that points to a previous file.

The weakness was published 05/18/2007 by Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux (Website). The advisory is available at amavis.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-1669 since 03/24/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34080), Exploit-DB (3851), SecurityFocus (BID 23823†), OSVDB (35845†) and Secunia (SA25315†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3066, VDB-3061, VDB-3060 and VDB-3073. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Disable
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Timelineinfo

03/24/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: amavis.org
Researcher: Jean-Sebastien Guay-Leroux
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1669 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1669
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3090
X-Force: 34080 - Multiple vendor ZOO archive decompression denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 23823 - Multiple Vendors Zoo Compression Algorithm Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25315 - Amavis Zoo Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 35845 - Panda AntiVirus Malformed Zoo Archive Handling DoS
Vulnerability Center: 17111 - Zoo Decoder Allows Remote Denial of Service via a ZOO Archive, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1699

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

Created: 05/24/2007 19:02
Updated: 01/27/2025 10:07
Changes: 05/24/2007 19:02 (77), 01/09/2017 17:44 (7), 01/27/2025 10:07 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:908:103

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