CVE-2009-1270 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html http://osvdb.org/53461 http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-754-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462