Clam AntiVirus libclamav/special.c denial of service
| clamav-special-dos (46985) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Clam AntiVirus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack consumption error in libclamav/special.c, related to the cli_check_jpeg_exploit, jpeg_check_photoshop, and jpeg_check_photoshop_8bim functions. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted .jpg file to cause a stack overflow and crash the application.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.9 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Clam AntiVirus (0.94.2 or later), available from the Clam AntiVirus Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: About the security content of Security Update 2009-001 .
- Clam AntiVirus Web site: Clam AntiVirus.
- ClamAV Bugzilla Bug 1266: recursive stack overflow in jpeg parsing code.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Clam AntiVirus, File Release Notes and Changelog, Release Name: 0.94.2.
- BID-32555: ClamAV 'cli_check_jpeg_exploit' Function Malformed JPEG File Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-5314: Stack consumption vulnerability in libclamav/special.c in ClamAV before 0.94.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted JPEG file, related to the cli_check_jpeg_exploit, jpeg_check_photoshop, and jpeg_check_photoshop_8bim functions.
- DSA-1680: clamav -- buffer overflow
- MDVSA-2008:239: clamav
- SA32926: ClamAV "cli_check_jpeg_exploit()" Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA33937: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1021296: Clam AntiVirus cli_check_jpeg_exploit() Recursive Loop Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2008:028: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-684-1: ClamAV vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-3311: ClamAV cli_check_jpeg_exploit() Denial of Service Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-0422: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.70
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.71
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.72
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.73
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.74
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.75
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.75.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.80 RC
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.80 RC4
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.80 RC3
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.80 RC2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.80
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.81
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.81 RC1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.82
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.83
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.84 RC1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.84 rc2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.84
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.85
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.85.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.86
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.86 RC1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.86.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.86.2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.87
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.87.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.3
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.4
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.5
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.6
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.88.7
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.90
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.90.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.90.2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.90.3
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.91
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.91.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.91.2
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.92
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.92.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.93
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.93.1
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.93.3
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.94
- ClamAV ClamAV 0.94.1
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- 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
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009.0 X86_64
Reported:
Nov 26, 2008
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