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TITLE:
ClamAV PDF Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39895

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-05-21

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in ClamAV, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "cli_pdf()"
function in libclamav/pdf.c when processing certain PDF files. This
can be exploited to e.g. cause a crash via specially crafted PDF
files.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.96. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
BBabba

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ClamAV bug #2016:
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2016

http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git;a=commitdiff;h=f0eb394501ec21b9fe67f36cbf5db788711d4236

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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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