Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) ARJ denial of service

clamav-arj-unspecified-dos (41822) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error when handling certain .ARJ files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .ARJ archive, a remote attacker could cause the utilization of all memory resources.


Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Clam AntiVirus (0.93 or later), available from the Clam AntiVirus Web site. See References.

For Kolab Server:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Kolab Security Issue 20 20080416. See References.

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

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
  • Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
  • Astaro Astaro Security Gateway 7.0
  • ClamAV ClamAV 0.92.1
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Kolab Kolab Server 2.0.4
  • Kolab Kolab Server 2.1.0
  • Kolab Kolab Server 2.2 rc2
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
  • Novell Linux POS 9
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell OpenSUSE 10.3
  • Novell SLE SDK 10
  • Novell SLE SDK 10 SP1
  • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  • Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
  • SuSE SuSE SLES 9

Reported:

Apr 14, 2008

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