ClamAV < 0.86.2 Content-parsing Multiple Overflows (deprecated)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3108

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running ClamAV, an open-source antivirus solution for Unix-like systems. This version of ClamAV is reported to be vulnerable to a flaw where the parsing of a malicious file will cause the clamav process to overflow system memory, possibly resulting in an attacker executing code. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to send a specially formed email to the system running ClamAV.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.86.2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 3108

Family: Web Clients

Published: 7/25/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2450

BID: 14359

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