CVE-2012-3501 Information

Description

The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a URL with certain characters as demonstrated using 0D or 0A.

Reference

http://freecode.com/projects/squidclamav/releases/346722 http://secunia.com/advisories/49057 http://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/4 http://www.osvdb.org/84138 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54663 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428778 https://github.com/darold/squidclamav/commit/80f74451f628264d1d9a1f1c0bbcebc932ba5e00