CVE-2005-3500 — Infinite Loop in Anti-virus Clamav

8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
5.9%
top 9.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
ClamavClam Anti-virus Clamav
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianclamav/clamav< 0.87.1-1+3
▶NVDclam_anti-virus/clamav33 versions+32

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: sourceforge.net ↗Patch: www.idefense.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r3fq-7p2f-f5f3: The tnef_attachment function in tnef↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2005-3500: The tnef_attachment function in tnef↗2005-11-05
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CVEList
CVE-2005-3500: The tnef_attachment function in tnef↗2005-11-05
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💥Exploits & PoCs

3
Exploit-DB
PCMan FTP Server 2.0.7 - Remote (Metasploit)↗2013-07-22
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Exploit-DB
Mercury/32 < 4.01b - PH Server Module Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)↗2010-06-15
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Exploit-DB
Salim Gasmi GLD (Greylisting Daemon) 1.0 < 1.4 - Postfix Greylisting Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)↗2005-04-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2005-3500: clamav - The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1...↗2005
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