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GLSA-200612-18 : ClamAV: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23955

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200612-18 (ClamAV: Denial of Service)

 Hendrik Weimer discovered that ClamAV fails to properly handle deeply nested MIME multipart/mixed content.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted email with deeply nested MIME multipart/mixed content an attacker could cause ClamAV to crash.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23955

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200612-18.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 12/30/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:clamav, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6481

GLSA: 200612-18