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GLSA-200507-25 : Clam AntiVirus: Integer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 19327

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-200507-25 (Clam AntiVirus: Integer overflows)

 Neel Mehta and Alex Wheeler discovered that Clam AntiVirus is vulnerable to integer overflows when handling the TNEF, CHM and FSG file formats.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Clam AntiVirus.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-antivirus/clamav-0.86.2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6651b7a5

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-25

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19327

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-25.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 7/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2450

GLSA: 200507-25