CVE-2009-1270

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

08/04/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.80

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav::::::::		0.95 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2009-1270

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools