Vulnerability in Clamav
CVE-2009-1270
libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.051 (92.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Clamav
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 8.10
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/34716 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/53461 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)