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CVE-2007-0897

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Published

2007-02-16T19:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-772

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	clamav	clamav	< 0.90	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	< 10.4.11	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/32283 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Broken Link ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/32283 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)