ClamAV < 0.99 DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9792

Synopsis

The remote host is running a version of ClamAV that is affected by a Denial of Service (DoS) attack vector.

Description

Versions of ClamAV prior to 0.99 are affected by a flaw that is triggered when handling the scan of a specially crafted document. This may allow a remote attacker to cause the Advance Malware Protection (AMP) process to restart.

Solution

Upgrade to ClamAV 0.99 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 9792

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/18/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 93801

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:clamav

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1405

Detections

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