CVE-2008-2713

Public Exploit

Description

libclamav/petite.c in ClamAV before 0.93.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.21% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31437 third party 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:122 vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30785 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/15/2 mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1855/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31091 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30657 third party advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-21.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43133 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1616 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00763.html vendor advisory
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1000
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/17/8 mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29750 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30829 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020305 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00617.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31576 third party advisory
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=/branches/0.93/libclamav/petite.c&rev=3886 exploit
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=605577&group_id=86638
http://secunia.com/advisories/31206 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2713?
CVE-2008-2713 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2713?
To fix CVE-2008-2713, 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-2008-2713 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2713 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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