Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201412-05Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.142 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%
Background
Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV.
Impact
A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.98.5"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | app-antivirus/clamav | < 0.98.5 | UNKNOWN |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.142 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%