FreeBSD : clamav -- CHM unpacker and PE rebuilding vulnerabilities (8012a79d-5d21-11db-bb8d-00123ffe8333)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22886

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An unspecified error in the CHM unpacker in chmunpack.c can be exploited to cause a DoS.

2) An unspecified error in rebuildpe.c when rebuilding PE files after unpacking can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22886

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8012a79d5d2111dbbb8d00123ffe8333.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:clamav, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:clamav-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2006

Reference Information

Secunia: 22370

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