Bug 442745 (CVE-2008-1837)

Summary:	CVE-2008-1837 clamav: DoS via crafted RAR archive
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	rh-bugzilla, steve
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1837
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-04-16 15:40:53 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-1837 to the following vulnerability:

libclamunrar in ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) via crafted RAR files that trigger "memory
problems," as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive
Formats.

References:
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=898
http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2008-04-16 15:42:08 UTC

UnRAR code is no longer shipped in Fedora packages due to a legal reasons.