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Medium
CVE-2008-1836
The rfc2231 function in message.c in libclamav in ClamAV before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=881
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30328
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31576
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
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Affected Vendor
clam anti-virus
View all reports →Affected Software
clamav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.90, 0.90.1, 0.90_rc1.1, 0.90_rc2, 0.90_rc3, 0.90rc1, 0.91, 0.92
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 16th, 2008
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.