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.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1263-1 New clamav packages fix denial of service
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:34:21.178Z

Reserved: 2007-02-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0897

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-02-16T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-0897

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