CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1270
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-04-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-835
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.
Affected configurations
• clamav clamav (< 0.95)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• debian debian linux 5.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/53461 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-754-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462 Broken Link, Issue Tracking
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/53461 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/07/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34357 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-754-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0934 Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49846 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1462 Broken Link, Issue Tracking