Bug 442745 (CVE-2008-1837) - CVE-2008-1837 clamav: DoS via crafted RAR archive
Summary: CVE-2008-1837 clamav: DoS via crafted RAR archive
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2008-1837
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-16 15:40 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-04-16 15:42:08 UTC
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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.
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