SUSE-SA:2005:038: clamav

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19247

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:038 (clamav).

This security update upgrades the Clamav virus scan engine to the version 0.68.1.

Among other bugfixes and improvements, this update fixes a bug in the Quantum decompressor routines that can be used for a remote denial of service attack against clamd.

This bug is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-2056.

Also the Clam AV Mail Filter (clamav-milter) Plugin when used in sendmail could be used for a remote denial of service attack.

This bug is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2005-2070.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19247

File Name: suse_SA_2005_038.nasl

Version: 1.9

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Detections

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