CVE-2008-2713 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ClamAV by submitting a crafted Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2008-2713?

CVE-2008-2713 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clam Anti-Virus Clamav, published on 16 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libclamav/petite.c in ClamAV before 0.93.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2713?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Clam Anti-Virus Clamav.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2713?

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-2008-2713 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2713 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Clam Anti-Virus Clamav vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2713, DTSA-138-1, GHSA-6fgm-5wrg-4p5q.

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