CVE-2008-6845 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

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.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6845, GHSA-jf69-v79x-2mpc.

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