CVE-2007-0897

Description

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.07% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory idefense.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580 patch vdb entry broken link third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187 patch vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry broken link
http://osvdb.org/32283 vdb entry broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263 vendor advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html vendor advisory broken link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183 vendor advisory broken link third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623 vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0897?
CVE-2007-0897 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0897?
To fix CVE-2007-0897, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0897 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0897 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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