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Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) UPX File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) UPX File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0116
CVE ID : CVE-2006-0162
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-01-10

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV), which may be exploited by remote attackers or malware to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service [...]

Solution

Upgrade to Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) version 0.88 :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/

Credits

Vulnerability reported by 3Com Zero Day Initiative

ChangeLog

2006-01-10 : Initial release

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