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Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-3500
The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before...
Vulnerability Description
The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17451
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/152
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17501
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17184
- http://www.osvdb.org/20483
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=333&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15316
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2294
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17434
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015154
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.15, 0.20, 0.21, 0.22, 0.23, 0.24, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.60, 0.65, 0.67, 0.68, 0.68.1, 0.70, 0.71, 0.72, 0.73, 0.74, 0.75, 0.75.1, 0.80, 0.81, 0.82, 0.83, 0.84, 0.85, 0.85.1, 0.86, 0.86.1, 0.86.2, 0.87
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 5th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.