National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1270
Original release date:04/08/2009
Last revised:05/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462
External Source: XF
Name: clamav-untar-dos(49846)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0934
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-754-1
External Source: BID
Name: 34357
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20090407 Re: CVE request: clamav clamd and clamscan DoS and bypass by malformated archive
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:097
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1771
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34716
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 53461
