What is the severity of CVE-2005-2056?

CVE-2005-2056 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2056?

To fix CVE-2005-2056, upgrade ClamAV to version 0.86.1 or later as it includes the necessary patches.

What versions of ClamAV are affected by CVE-2005-2056?

CVE-2005-2056 affects ClamAV versions 0.85, 0.85.1, and 0.86.

What type of attack is CVE-2005-2056 associated with?

CVE-2005-2056 is associated with remote denial of service attacks via crafted Quantum archives.

Can CVE-2005-2056 lead to data loss?

CVE-2005-2056 does not lead to data loss but can crash the ClamAV application, affecting its functionality.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2005-2056

low

2.6

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

28/6/2005

7/8/2024

CVE-2005-2056

First published: Tue Jun 28 2005(Updated: )

The Quantum archive decompressor in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.86.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Quantum archive.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
ClamAV	=0.85
ClamAV	=0.85.1
ClamAV	=0.86

Remedy

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279

Remedy

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2056?
CVE-2005-2056 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2056?
To fix CVE-2005-2056, upgrade ClamAV to version 0.86.1 or later as it includes the necessary patches.
What versions of ClamAV are affected by CVE-2005-2056?
CVE-2005-2056 affects ClamAV versions 0.85, 0.85.1, and 0.86.
What type of attack is CVE-2005-2056 associated with?
CVE-2005-2056 is associated with remote denial of service attacks via crafted Quantum archives.
Can CVE-2005-2056 lead to data loss?
CVE-2005-2056 does not lead to data loss but can crash the ClamAV application, affecting its functionality.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2056?
CVE-2005-2056 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2056?
To fix CVE-2005-2056, upgrade ClamAV to version 0.86.1 or later as it includes the necessary patches.
What versions of ClamAV are affected by CVE-2005-2056?
CVE-2005-2056 affects ClamAV versions 0.85, 0.85.1, and 0.86.
What type of attack is CVE-2005-2056 associated with?
CVE-2005-2056 is associated with remote denial of service attacks via crafted Quantum archives.
Can CVE-2005-2056 lead to data loss?
CVE-2005-2056 does not lead to data loss but can crash the ClamAV application, affecting its functionality.