ClamAV < 0.100.2 'unmew11()' DoS Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package clamav version 0.100.2-alt1 | 17 Oct 201800:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package clamav version 0.100.2-alt1 | 17 Oct 201800:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package clamav version 0.100.2-alt1 | 17 Oct 201800:00 | – | altlinux | |
| clamav -- multiple vulnerabilities | 3 Oct 201800:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Low: clamav | 9 Jan 201900:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : clamav (ALAS-2019-1146) | 14 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-1553-1 : clamav security update | 25 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 27 : clamav (2018-1fc39f2d13) | 17 Oct 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 29 : clamav (2018-847fe2ed61) | 3 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 28 : clamav (2018-eff94da132) | 3 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:clamav:clamav";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814146");
script_version("2025-07-03T05:42:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-07-03 05:42:54 +0000 (Thu, 03 Jul 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-17 14:57:50 +0530 (Wed, 17 Oct 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-09 23:35:00 +0000 (Wed, 09 Oct 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15378");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("ClamAV < 0.100.2 'unmew11()' DoS Vulnerability - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_clamav_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("clamav/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ClamAV is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw related to the MEW unpacker within the 'unmew11()'
function (libclamav/mew.c) can be exploited to trigger an invalid read memory access via a
specially crafted EXE file.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker to cause denial
of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ClamAV prior to version 0.100.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 0.100.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12170");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "0.100.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "0.100.2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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