ClamAV < 0.87.2 Content-parsing DoS (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3254

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running ClamAV, an open-source antivirus solution for Unix-like systems. This version of ClamAV is reported vulnerable to a flaw where the parsing of a malicious file will cause the clamav process to enter an infinite loop. Successful exploitation causes the clamd service to exit.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.87.2 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3254

Family: Web Clients

Published: 10/13/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3239

BID: 15101

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