Clam AntiVirus libclamav/others.c cli_bitset_set() denial of service

clamav-others-dos (25662) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Clam AntiVirus is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a memory access error in the cli_bitset_set() function in libclamav/others.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an affected application to crash.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
  • Clam Anti-Virus, ClamAV prior to 0.88.1
  • Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux LE2005
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.1
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
  • SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
  • SuSE, SuSE SLES 9

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Clam AntiVirus (0.88.1 or later), available from SourceForge.net. See References.

For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-1024-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-04-06 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE Security Announcement SUSE-SA:2006:020 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for patch or upgrade information.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Reported:

Apr 06, 2006

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