Description
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.
Published: 2007-02-16
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 7.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1263-1 New clamav packages fix denial of service
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Apple Mac Os X Server
Clamav Clamav
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:34:21.178Z

Reserved: 2007-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0897

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-02-16T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0897

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