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CVE-2008-1836

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Description

The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message that produces a string that is not null terminated, which triggers a buffer over-read.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/29891

http://secunia.com/advisories/30253

http://secunia.com/advisories/30328

http://secunia.com/advisories/31576

http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml

http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41868

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html

https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=881

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2008-04-16

Updated: 2017-08-08

Type: NVD-CWE-Other

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

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