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GLSA-201412-05 : Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79844

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-05 (Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service)

 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted file.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-antivirus/clamav-0.98.5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79844

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-05.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 12/10/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:clamav, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9050

BID: 71242

GLSA: 201412-05