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Ubuntu 11.04 : clamav vulnerability (USN-1179-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55729

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that the hash processing code in libclamav improperly handled messages with certain hashes. This could allow a remote attacker to craft a document that could cause clamav to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libclamav6 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1179-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55729

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1179-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/29/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamav6

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2721

BID: 48891

USN: 1179-1