CVE-2007-4510: Medium severity Clam Anti-Virus clamav vulnerability

Published Aug 23, 2007
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Updated

ClamAV before 0.91.2, as used in Kolab Server 2.0 through 2.2beta1 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a crafted RTF file, which triggers a NULL dereference in the cliscanrtf function in libclamav/rtf.c; or (2) a crafted HTML document with a data: URI, which triggers a NULL dereference in the clihtmlnormalise function in libclamav/htmlnorm.c. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected Software

8 affected components
Clam Anti-Virus clamav<=0.91.2
Kolab Kolab Server=2.0
Kolab Kolab Server=2.0.1
Kolab Kolab Server=2.0.2
Kolab Kolab Server=2.0.3
Kolab Kolab Server=2.0.4
Kolab Kolab Server=2.1
Kolab Kolab Server=2.2beta1

Event History

Aug 23, 2007
CVE Published
07:17 PM
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2007-4510?

CVE-2007-4510 has a medium severity level as it can lead to a denial of service through application crashes.

2

How do I fix CVE-2007-4510?

To fix CVE-2007-4510, upgrade ClamAV to version 0.91.3 or later.

3

Which products are affected by CVE-2007-4510?

CVE-2007-4510 affects ClamAV versions before 0.91.2 and Kolab Server versions 2.0 through 2.2beta1.

4

What types of attacks does CVE-2007-4510 enable?

CVE-2007-4510 enables attackers to trigger application crashes through specially crafted RTF or HTML files.

5

Which function is responsible for the vulnerability described in CVE-2007-4510?

The vulnerability in CVE-2007-4510 is caused by a NULL dereference in the cli_scanrtf function in libclamav/rtf.c.

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