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Debian DSA-1153-1 : clamav - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22695

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Damian Put discovered a heap overflow vulnerability in the UPX unpacker of the ClamAV anti-virus toolkit which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the clamav packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.10.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.88.4-0volatile1 in the volatile archive.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1153

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22695

File Name: debian_DSA-1153.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4018

BID: 19381

DSA: 1153