CVE-2005-3500

The tnef_attachment function in tnef.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) before 0.87.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via a crafted value in a CAB file that causes ClamAV to repeatedly scan the same block.

• http://secunia.com/advisories/17184
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17434Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17451
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17501
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/152
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015154
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=333&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205
• http://www.osvdb.org/20483
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15316
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2294
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17184
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17434Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17451
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17501
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/152
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015154
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319Patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-887
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=333&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:205
• http://www.osvdb.org/20483
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15316
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2294

Published

Nov 5, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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