GLSA-200909-04 : Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40912

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-200909-04 (Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV:
The vendor reported a Divide-by-zero error in the PE ('Portable Executable'; Windows .exe) file handling of ClamAV (CVE-2008-6680).
Jeffrey Thomas Peckham found a flaw in libclamav/untar.c, possibly resulting in an infinite loop when processing TAR archives in clamd and clamscan (CVE-2009-1270).
Martin Olsen reported a vulnerability in the CLI_ISCONTAINED macro in libclamav/others.h, when processing UPack archives (CVE-2009-1371).
Nigel disclosed a stack-based buffer overflow in the 'cli_url_canon()' function in libclamav/phishcheck.c when processing URLs (CVE-2009-1372).
Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a specially crafted UPack archive or a file containing a specially crafted URL, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service. Furthermore, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by supplying a specially crafted TAR archive or PE executable to a Clam AntiVirus instance.
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-0.95.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200909-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40912

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200909-04.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 9/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6680, CVE-2009-1270, CVE-2009-1371, CVE-2009-1372

CWE: 119, 189, 20, 94

GLSA: 200909-04