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>> ClamAV "cli_url_canon()" Buffer Overflow and UPack DoS Vulnerabilities

Title : ClamAV "cli_url_canon()" Buffer Overflow and UPack DoS Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2009-0985
CVE ID : CVE-2009-1371 - CVE-2009-1372
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2009-04-09


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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in ClamAV, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "cli_url_canon()" [libclamav/phishcheck.c] function when processing specially crafted URLs, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.

The second vulnerability is caused by an error when processing malformed files packed with UPack, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to crash an affected application.

Affected Products

ClamAV versions prior to 0.95.1

Solution

Upgrade to ClamAV version 0.95.1 :
http://www.clamav.net/download/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0985
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1552
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1553
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=%2Ftrunk%2FChangeLog&rev=5032&sc=1

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Nigel and Martin Olsen.

ChangeLog

2009-04-09 : Initial release

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