CVE-2009-1270 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1270?

CVE-2009-1270 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Apr 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1270?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Clamav Clamav, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1270?

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-2009-1270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1270, GHSA-rvqr-f374-3qqw.