CVE-2009-1371

Description

The CLI_ISCONTAINED macro in libclamav/others.h in ClamAV before 0.95.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed file with UPack encoding.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 15.46% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://osvdb.org/53602 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022028 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34716 third party advisory
http://svn.clamav.net/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=clamav-devel&path=%2Ftrunk%2FChangeLog&rev=5032
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:097 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34612 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-756-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0985 vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1771 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34654 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34446 vdb entry patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third party advisory
https://launchpad.net/bugs/360502
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1552

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1371?
CVE-2009-1371 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1371?
To fix CVE-2009-1371, 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-2009-1371 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1371 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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