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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1997: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1997: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/16/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Integer signedness error in the (1) cab_unstore and (2) cab_extract functions in libclamav/cab.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.90.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file that contains a negative integer, which passes a signed comparison and leads to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-antivirus-clamav

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