CVE-2008-3215

Public Exploit

Description

libclamav/petite.c in ClamAV before 0.93.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed Petite file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2713.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.64% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1000#c4
http://secunia.com/advisories/31437 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/1 mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44200 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 vdb entry
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=/branches/0.93/libclamav/petite.c&rev=3920 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31091 third party advisory
http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20080707.155612.ad411b00.en.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-07.xml vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:166 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00617.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00606.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/5 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3215?
CVE-2008-3215 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3215?
To fix CVE-2008-3215, 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-2008-3215 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3215 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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