Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) ARJ denial of service
| clamav-arj-unspecified-dos (41822) |  Low 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.
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
- Clam Anti-Virus, ClamAV 0.92.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- Kolab, Kolab Server 2.0.4 and prior
- Kolab, Kolab Server 2.1.0 and prior
- Kolab, Kolab Server 2.2-rc2
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SLE SDK 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
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.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Apple Web site, About the security content of Mac OS X v10.5.5 and Security Update 2008-006 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3137.
- Astaro Web site, Up2Date Announcements: Up2Date ASG V7.300 GA Release at http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html.
- ClamAV Bugzilla Bug 897, ARJ: Sample from CERT-FI hangs clamav at https://www.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=897.
- ClamAV Changelog, Mon Apr 14 21:35:11 CEST 2008, Check in 0.93 patches at http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog.
- int21 Web site, clamav: Endless loop / hang with crafter arj, CVE-2008-1387 at http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html.
- Kolab Security Issue 20 20080416, Kolab Server, ClamAV at http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt.
- BID-28782: ClamAV ARJ File Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- BID-28784: ClamAV 0.92.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1387: ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
- GLSA-200805-19: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2008:088: Updated clamav packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA29000: ClamAV Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA29863: Kolab Server ClamAV Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA31576: Astaro update for ClamAV
- SA31882: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2008:024: clamav 0.93 security update
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1227: ClamAV PeSpin and Archives Processing Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2584: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Apr 14, 2008
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