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Debian DSA-1660-1 : clamav - NULL pointer dereference, resource exhaustion
critical Nessus Plugin ID 34500
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several denial-of-service vulnerabilities have been discovered in the ClamAV anti-virus toolkit :Insufficient checking for out-of-memory conditions results in NULL pointer dereferences (CVE-2008-3912 ).
Incorrect error handling logic leads to memory leaks (CVE-2008-3913 ) and file descriptor leaks (CVE-2008-3914 ).
Solution
Upgrade the clamav package.For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.90.1dfsg-4etch15.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3912
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3913
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 34500
File Name: debian_DSA-1660.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 10/27/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: 10/26/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3912, CVE-2008-3913, CVE-2008-3914
BID: 31051