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SuSE9 Security Update : clamav (YOU Patch Number 12821)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55971

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

New clamav 0.9.7 packages fix an off-by-one vulnerability which could lead to a DoS condition. (CVE-2011-2721)

It also brings other enhancements, support for signatures based on SHA1 and SHA256, better error detection, as well as speed and memory optimizations. The complete list of changes is available in the ChangeLog file. For upgrade notes and tips please see :

https://wiki.clamav.net/Main/UpgradeNotes097

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 12821.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2721.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55971

File Name: suse9_12821.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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: 8/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2721