CVE-2008-6845 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in ClamAV by submitting a corrupted LZH file to the unpack feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-6845?
CVE-2008-6845 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clamav Clamav, published on 2 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The unpack feature in ClamAV 0.93.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a corrupted LZH file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6845?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Clamav Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2008-6845?
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-2008-6845 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6845 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clamav Clamav
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6845, GHSA-jf69-v79x-2mpc.