CVE-2007-0897

moderate-risk
Published 2007-02-16

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.

Do I need to act?

~
7.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Debian Clamav Apple

References (40)

Broken Link http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
Broken Link http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475
Mailing List http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
Broken Link http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html
Broken Link http://osvdb.org/32283
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24183
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24187
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24192
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24319
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24332
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/24425
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Third Party Advisory http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml
Mailing List http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263
Broken Link http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531
and 20 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low