CVE-2007-3875 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in CA Anti-Virus by sending a malicious CHM file, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3875?
CVE-2007-3875 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
arclib.dll before 7.3.0.9 in CA Anti-Virus (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 8 and certain other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and loss of antivirus functionality) via an invalid "previous listing chunk number" field in a CHM file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3875?
It affects 23 products.
Products include Broadcom Anti-Spyware, Broadcom Anti-Virus for the Enterprise, Broadcom Anti Virus Sdk, Broadcom Antispyware for the Enterprise, Broadcom Antivirus Sdk, Broadcom Brightstor Arcserve Backup and 17 more.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2007-3875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c98m-pvjv-v9r2.