SuSE 10 Security Update : clamav (ZYPP Patch Number 2631)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29398

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update to ClamAV version 0.90 fixes various bugs :

- A filedescriptor leak in the handling of CAB files can lead to a denial of service attack against the clamd scanner daemon caused by remote attackers.
(CVE-2007-0897)

- A directory traversal in handling of MIME E-Mail headers could be used by remote attackers to overwrite local files owned by the user under which clamd is running.
(CVE-2007-0898)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 2631.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29398

File Name: suse_clamav-2631.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0897, CVE-2007-0898

CWE: 22

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