ClamAV < 0.90.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4075

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running the ClamAV anti-virus client.

This version of ClamAV is vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack when handling malformed RAR archive files. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need the ability to send an email to the vulnerable system. Successful exploitation would result in the application crashing.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.90.3 or higher.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24289

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4075

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/4/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/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-2007-2650, CVE-2007-3023, CVE-2007-3024, CVE-2007-3123

BID: 24316, 24358, 24289