CVE-2008-1387

Public Exploit

Description

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.51% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41822	vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490863/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html	vendor advisory
https://www.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=897
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29891	third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29975	third party advisory
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html	patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29863	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30328	third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00625.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28782	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30253	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31576	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1227/references	vdb entry
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00576.html	vendor advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1387?: CVE-2008-1387 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1387?: To fix CVE-2008-1387, 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-2008-1387 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-1387 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.