CVE-2008-3913 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via memory leaks in ClamAV's freshclam manager due to error handling flaws.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3913?
CVE-2008-3913 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 9 Sep 2008. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c in ClamAV before 0.94 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "error handling logic".
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3913?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Clamav Clamav, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3913?
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-2008-3913 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3913 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3913, GHSA-cr5r-q6mh-hr56.