CVE-2008-1835

Description

ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to bypass the scanning enging via a RAR file with an invalid version number, which cannot be parsed by ClamAV but can be extracted by Winrar.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.81% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088 vendor advisory
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=541
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41874 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30328 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31576 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1835?
CVE-2008-1835 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1835?
To fix CVE-2008-1835, 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-2008-1835 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1835 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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