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GLSA-200506-23 : Clam AntiVirus: Denial of Service vulnerability

low Nessus Plugin ID 18564

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-23 (Clam AntiVirus: Denial of Service vulnerability)

 Andrew Toller and Stefan Kanthak discovered that a flaw in libmspack's Quantum archive decompressor renders Clam AntiVirus vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service by sending a specially crafted Quantum archive to the server.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-antivirus/clamav-0.86.1'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?be3d5a07

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 18564

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-23.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 6/27/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:clamav, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2056

GLSA: 200506-23