CVE-2005-3501 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in ClamAV's mspack library by submitting a crafted CAB file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-3501?
CVE-2005-3501 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 5 Nov 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The cabd_find function in cabd.c of the libmspack library (mspack) for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted CAB file that causes cabd_find to be called with a zero length.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3501?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clamav Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3501?
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-2005-3501 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3501 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3501, GHSA-xwpj-f6qv-5j98.