Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1616-2 clamav -- denial of service

Date Reported:
26 Jul 2008
Affected Packages:
clamav
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 490925.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2713, CVE-2008-3215.
More information:

Damian Put discovered a vulnerability in the ClamAV anti-virus toolkit's parsing of Petite-packed Win32 executables. The weakness leads to an invalid memory access, and could enable an attacker to crash clamav by supplying a maliciously crafted Petite-compressed binary for scanning. In some configurations, such as when clamav is used in combination with mail servers, this could cause a system to fail open, facilitating a follow-on viral attack.

A previous version of this advisory referenced packages that were built incorrectly and omitted the intended correction. This issue was fixed in packages referenced by the -2 revision of the advisory.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this weakness as CVE-2008-2713 and CVE-2008-3215.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.93.1.dfsg-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your clamav packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-docs_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-testfiles_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav2_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-dbg_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.90.1dfsg-3.1+etch14_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.