Gentoo FoundationGLSA-200708-04ClamAV: Denial of service
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.144 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.8%
Background
ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.
Description
Metaeye Security Group reported a NULL pointer dereference in ClamAV when processing RAR archives.
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted RAR archive to the clamd daemon, resulting in a crash and a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.91"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | app-antivirus/clamav | < 0.91 | UNKNOWN |
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.144 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.8%