Debian DSA-1238-1 : clamav - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23912

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Clam anti-virus toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-6406 Hendrik Weimer discovered that invalid characters in base64 encoded data may lead to bypass of scanning mechanisms.

- CVE-2006-6481 Hendrik Weimer discovered that deeply nested multipart/mime MIME data may lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the clamav packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.13.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.7-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23912

File Name: debian_DSA-1238.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6406, CVE-2006-6481

DSA: 1238

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