---------------------------------------------------------------------- BETA test the new Secunia Personal Software Inspector! The Secunia PSI detects installed software on your computer and categorises it as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors. Download the free PSI BETA from the Secunia website: https://psi.secunia.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: ClamAV Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA26530 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/26530/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Clam AntiVirus (clamav) 0.x http://secunia.com/product/2538/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in ClamAV, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 1) A NULL-pointer dereference error exists within the "cli_scanrtf()" function in libclamav/rtf.c. This can potentially be exploited to crash ClamAV via a specially crafted RTF file. 2) A NULL-pointer dereference error exists within the "cli_html_normalise()" function in libclamav/htmlnorm.c. This can potentially be exploited to crash ClamAV via a specially crafted HTML file containing a "data" URL scheme. The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 0.91.2. SOLUTION: Update to version 0.91.2. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638&package_id=90197&release_id=533658 PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1) Reported by the vendor. 2) The vendor credits Stefanos Stamatis. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=533658&group_id=86638 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------