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Debian DSA-1340-1 : clamav - NULL pointer dereference

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25782

Synopsis

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

Description

A NULL pointer dereference has been discovered in the RAR VM of Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted RAR archives.

We are currently unable to provide fixed packages for the MIPS architectures. Those packages will be installed in the security archive when they become available.

Solution

Upgrade the clamav packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.90.1-3etch4.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1340

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25782

File Name: debian_DSA-1340.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3725

DSA: 1340