ClamAV before 0.93 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ARJ archive, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1387
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41822
• https://www.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=897
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00576.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00625.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00249.html
• http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1387-clamav.html
• http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-20.txt
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00009.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29863
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29891
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29975
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30253
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30328
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31576
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31882
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml
• http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/08/up2date_asg_v7300_ga_released.html
• http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
• http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:088
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490863/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28782
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28784
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1227/references
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584