DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0897

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0897

    Published: 16 Feb 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-0897

    Summary:

    Details: Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 does not close open file descriptors under certain conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption and failed scans) via CAB archives with a cabinet header record length of zero, which causes a function to return without closing a file descriptor.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0897

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: clamav

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/clamav?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.90-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High