Detections
Analytics
ClamAV < 0.87.1 Content-parsing Buffer Overflow (deprecated)
low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3281
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 vulnerable to a flaw where the parsing of a malicious file will cause the clamav process to execute arbitrary code. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need to be able to craft and send a malformed email to a ClamAV server. Successful exploitation results in the server executing arbitrary code or crashing.Solution
Upgrade to version 0.87.1 or higher.See Also
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=368319
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 3281
Family: Web Clients
Published: 11/7/2005
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C