SuSE 10 Security Update : clamav (ZYPP Patch Number 7056)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49838

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update fixes the following security issues in clamav that can be used as a remote denial of service attack :

- An off-by-one buffer overflow. (CVE-2010-1640)

- A crash while parsing PDFs (CVE-2010-1639 / CVE-2010-2077)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 7056.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1639.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1640.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2077.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49838

File Name: suse_clamav-7056.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1639, CVE-2010-1640