CVE-2007-0897 Information

Description

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Reference

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html http://osvdb.org/32283 http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531