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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : clamav vulnerabilities (USN-1482-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59604

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed TAR archives. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted TAR file containing malware that could escape being detected.
(CVE-2012-1457, CVE-2012-1459)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted CHM file containing malware that could escape being detected. (CVE-2012-1458).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected clamav, clamav-daemon and / or libclamav6 packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1482-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59604

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1482-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2012

Updated: 10/16/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libclamav6, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav-daemon, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1457, CVE-2012-1458, CVE-2012-1459

BID: 52610, 52611, 52623

USN: 1482-1