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Debian DSA-1497-1 : clamav - several vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 31102
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Clam anti-virus toolkit, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or local denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2007-6595 It was discovered that temporary files are created insecurely, which may result in local denial of service by overwriting files.
- CVE-2008-0318 Silvio Cesare discovered an integer overflow in the parser for PE headers.
The version of clamav in the old stable distribution (sarge) is no longer supported with security updates.
Solution
Upgrade the clamav packages.For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.90.1dfsg-3etch10. In addition to these fixes, this update also incorporates changes from the upcoming point release of the stable distribution (non-free RAR handling code was removed).
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6595
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 31102
File Name: debian_DSA-1497.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/18/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-6595, CVE-2008-0318
BID: 27751