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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2008:003)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 36347

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability was reported by iDefense with clamav when parsing Portable Executable (PE) files packed in he MEW format.
This could be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2007-6335).

Toeroek Edwin reported an off-by-one error when decompressing MS-ZIP compressed CAB files (CVE-2007-6336).

As well, an unspecified vulnerability related to the bzip2 decompression algorithm was also discovered (CVE-2007-6337).

Other bugs have also been corrected in 0.92 which is being provided with this update. Because this new version has increased the major of the libclamav library, updated dependent packages are also being provided.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 36347

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-003.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:clamav, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:clamav-db, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:clamav-milter, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:clamd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:clamdmon, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:klamav, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64clamav-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64clamav3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libclamav-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libclamav3, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6335, CVE-2007-6336, CVE-2007-6337

CWE: 119, 189

MDVSA: 2008:003