ClamAV MS-ZIP buffer overflow

clamav-mszip-bo (39169) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an of-by-one error in the MS-ZIP decompression code. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
  • Clam Anti-Virus, ClamAV 0.91.2
  • Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • Mandriva, Corporate Server 3.0
  • Mandriva, Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • Mandriva, Corporate Server 4.0
  • Mandriva, Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
  • Mandriva, Linux 2007 X86_64
  • Mandriva, Linux 2007
  • Mandriva, Linux 2007.1
  • Mandriva, Linux 2007.1 X86_64
  • Mandriva, Linux 2008.0 X86_64
  • Mandriva, Linux 2008.0

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Clam AntiVirus (0.92 or later), available from the ClamAV Web site. See References.

For Mac OS X:
Apply Security Update 2008-002, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Dec 19, 2007

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