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CVE-2007-0897 Detail

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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Evaluator Solution

This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release: Clam AntiVirus, ClamAV, 0.90 Stable

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 Broken Link 
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List 
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 Mailing List 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0897
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
02/08/2024
Source:
MITRE