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CVE-2009-1270

libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.

Published

2009-04-08T16:30:00.437

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-835

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	clamav	clamav	< 0.95	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	5.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.10	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/53461 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-754-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462 Broken Link, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/53461 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-754-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462 Broken Link, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)