CVE-2005-2056 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by sending a crafted Quantum archive, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2056?
CVE-2005-2056 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 28 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Quantum archive decompressor in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Quantum archive.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2056?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2056?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-2056 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2056 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav
- CVE-2008-1100 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2008-0318 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2007-6337 Unspecified vulnerability in the bzip2 decompression algorithm in nsis/bzlib_private.h in ClamAV before 0.92 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.
- CVE-2007-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2005-3587 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2056, GHSA-hf7g-3cqf-wr2c.