CVE-2005-2919 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in ClamAV by submitting a crafted FSG packed executable.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2919?
CVE-2005-2919 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 20 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libclamav/fsg.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted FSG packed executable.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2919?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2919?
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-2005-2919 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2919 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-2005-2919, GHSA-x52f-pc67-39rq.