CVE-2006-5295 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the ClamAV scanning service by submitting a crafted CHM file, 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-2006-5295?
CVE-2006-5295 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 16 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafted Compressed HTML Help (CHM) file that causes ClamAV to "read an invalid memory location."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5295?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5295?
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-2006-5295 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5295 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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-2006-5295, GHSA-rgw9-65gq-xj2f.