Detections
Analytics
CVE-2007-0897
high
Description
Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.
References
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2007-0893
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475