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CVE-2007-0897

Date: February 16, 2007

Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24183

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24192

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Url: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0897

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-0897

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html

Url: http://osvdb.org/32283

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24425

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24319

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24187

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531

Url: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/24332

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-0897

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CWE-772

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2007-0897

Date: February 16, 2007

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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