CVE-2007-0897

Published: 16 February 2007

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
clamav Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1~dapper2)
	edgy	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	feisty	Released (0.90.2-0ubuntu1.3)
	gutsy	Released (0.91.2-3ubuntu1)
	hardy	Released (0.91.2-3ubuntu1)
	upstream	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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