[Secure-testing-team] Bug#505134: clamav: ClamAV get_unicode_name() off-by-one buffer overflow

Stefan Fritsch sf at sfritsch.de
Sun Nov 9 18:54:51 UTC 2008


Package: clamav
Version: 0.90.1-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security
Justification: user security hole

A vulnerability has been reported for clamav. There does not seem to be a CVE id
yet.  From http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Nov/0070.html: 

ClamAV contains an off-by-one heap overflow vulnerability in the
code responsible for parsing VBA project files. Successful
exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the `clamd' process by sending an email with a
prepared attachment.

Vulnerable packages: 
 
All versions up to 0.94 are vulnerable. 
Version 0.94.1 fixes the problem.





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