CVE-2008-3913 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3913, GHSA-cr5r-q6mh-hr56.

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