ClamAV < 0.97.2 Hash Manager Off-By-One DoS Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClamAV < 0.97.2 'cli_hm_scan' Denial of Service | 19 Aug 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 14 : clamav-0.97.2-1400.fc14 (2011-10053) | 17 Aug 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 15 : clamav-0.97.2-1500.fc15 (2011-10090) | 17 Aug 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : clamav-0.97.3-1600.fc16 (2011-15033) | 8 Nov 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 14 : clamav-0.97.3-1400.fc14 (2011-15076) | 8 Nov 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 15 : clamav-0.97.3-1500.fc15 (2011-15119) | 8 Nov 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201110-20 : Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities | 24 Oct 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2011:122) | 15 Aug 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| SuSE9 Security Update : clamav (YOU Patch Number 12821) | 25 Aug 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : clamav (openSUSE-SU-2011:0940-1) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/45382 |
| xforce | www.xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68785 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/48891 |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/3 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:clamav:clamav";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902726");
script_version("2025-07-03T05:42:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-03 05:42:54 +0000 (Thu, 03 Jul 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-29 16:22:41 +0200 (Mon, 29 Aug 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2721");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("ClamAV < 0.97.2 Hash Manager Off-By-One DoS Vulnerability - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_clamav_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("clamav/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ClamAV is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the way the hash manager of ClamAV scans
messages with certain hashes.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to provide a
message with specially-crafted hash signature in it, leading to denial of service (clamscan
executable crash).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ClamAV versions prior to 0.97.2 (3.0.3.6870).");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 0.97.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/45382");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48891");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68785");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/3");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "0.97.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "0.97.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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