Clam AntiVirus libclamav/fsg.c denial of service
| clam-antivirus-fsg-dos (22308) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Clam AntiVirus is are vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a vulnerability in libclamav/fsg.c. A remote attacker could send a malicious FSG compressed file which, once the file is processed, would cause an infinite loop.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Clam AntiVirus (0.87 or later), available from the ClamAV Download Web page. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-824-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2005-09-13 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2005:055 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.,/P>
References:
- ClamAV Download Web page: clamav 0.86.1 released.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Clam AntiVirus - File Release Notes and Changelog - Release Name: 0.87.
- BID-14867: ClamAV FSG Compressed Executable Infinite Loop Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-2919: libclamav/fsg.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted FSG packed executable.
- DSA-824: clamav -- infinite loop
- GLSA-200509-13: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2005:166: Updated clamv packages fix vulnerabilities
- SA16848: ClamAV UPX and FSG Handling Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2005:055: clamav: remote code execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-1774: Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Buffer Overflow and DoS Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.86.2 and prior
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 10.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.1
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 9.3
Reported:
Sep 19, 2005
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