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SUSE-SA:2006:060: clamav

high Nessus Plugin ID 24438

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:060 (clamav).


Two security problems have been found and fixed in the anti virus scan engine 'clamav', which could be used by remote attackers sending prepared E-Mails containing special crafted infected files to potentially execute code.

CVE-2006-4182: A problem in dealing with PE (Portable Executables aka Windows .EXE) files could result in an integer overflow, causing a heap overflow, which could be used by attackers to potentially execute code.

CVE-2006-5295: A problem in dealing with CHM (compressed help file) exists that could cause an invalid memory read, causing the clamav engine to crash.

Solution

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24438

File Name: suse_SA_2006_060.nasl

Version: 1.10

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list