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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-887-1 New ClamAV packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-3499 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

No history.

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:22.643Z

Reserved: 2005-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-05T11:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3500

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses