National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-1997

Overview

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 23473

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23473

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500765

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=500765

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24891

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24891

External Source: XF

Name: clamav-cabunstore-cabextract-bo(33637)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33637

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0924

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1378

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1378

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20070416 Clam AntiVirus ClamAV CAB File Unstore Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=513

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2007-0013

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013/

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017921

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017921

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:026

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_26_clamav.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:098

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:098

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1281

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1281

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.html

Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/50a5cb718f20761dd7e0b6b4e0935c52.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200704-21

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-21.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29420

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25189

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25189

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25028

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25028

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25022

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25022

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24996

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24996

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24946

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24946

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24920

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24920

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562