National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1837

Overview

libclamunrar in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted RAR files that trigger "memory problems," as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-260A

Name: TA08-260A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=898

Hyperlink:https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=898

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2584

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html

Hyperlink:http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200805-19

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31882

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31576

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31576

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-15

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html

External Source: XF

Name: clamav-libclamunrar-dos(41870)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41870

External Source: BID

Name: 28784

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:088

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1227

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1227/references

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30328

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30328

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29891

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29891

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:024

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html