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Sid
12592

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in ClamAV.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
clamav-milter in ClamAV before 0.91.2, when run in black hole mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters that are used in a certain popen call, involving the "recipient field of sendmail."

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Affected Systems:
Clam Anti-Virus ClamAV 1

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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False Positives:
Certain mail clients will issue commands like:

RCPT TO:<tere@example.com> ORCPT=rfc822;tere@example.com

While this is not common, it is considered valid.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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