Upstream information

CVE-2007-0897 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 246214 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • clamav >= 0.96-0.12.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA clamav-0.96-0.12.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • clamav >= 0.97.3-0.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA clamav-0.97.3-0.2.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • clamav >= 0.97.7-0.3.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA clamav-0.97.7-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • clamav >= 0.98.7-0.3.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA clamav-0.98.7-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • clamav >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • clamav-devel >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • clamav-docs-html >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • clamav-milter >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • libclamav12 >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • libclammspack0 >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
  • libfreshclam3 >= 1.4.3-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA clamav-1.4.3-160000.2.2
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • clamav >= 0.103.3-1.4
  • clamav-devel >= 0.103.3-1.4
  • clamav-milter >= 0.103.3-1.4
  • libclamav9 >= 0.103.3-1.4
  • libfreshclam2 >= 0.103.3-1.4
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10685

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:16:51 2013
CVE page last modified: Sun Nov 2 12:16:40 2025