CVE-2008-3913

Description

Multiple memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c in ClamAV before 0.94 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "error handling logic".

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.13% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32030 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31051 vdb entry third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31982 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb entry third party advisory
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1141 broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45057 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/13 third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=86638&release_id=623661 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:189 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-18.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-22.txt broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020828 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1660 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32424 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2564 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31906 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://svn.clamav.net/svn/clamav-devel/trunk/ChangeLog broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3913?
CVE-2008-3913 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3913?
To fix CVE-2008-3913, 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-2008-3913 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3913 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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