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HIGH

clamav: security fixes in upstream 0.95 (CVE-2008-6680, CVE-2009-1270)

Published Apr 8, 2009

Description

libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (17)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 8, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 8, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a