Debian Security Advisory
DSA-737-1 clamav -- remote denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 05 Jul 2005
- Affected Packages:
- clamav
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1922, CVE-2005-1923, CVE-2005-2056, CVE-2005-2070.
- More information:
-
A number of potential remote denial of service vulnerabilities have been identified in ClamAV. In addition to the four issues identified by CVE ID above, there are fixes for issues in libclamav/cvd.c and libclamav/message.c. Together, these issues could allow a carefully crafted message to crash a ClamAV scanner or exhaust various resources on the machine running the scanner.
For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your clamav package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.84-2.sarge.1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-testfiles_0.84-2.sarge.1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-docs_0.84-2.sarge.1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-testfiles_0.84-2.sarge.1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.