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ClamAV Antivirus Detection and Status

critical Nessus Plugin ID 46172

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Synopsis

An antivirus application is installed on the remote host, but it is not working properly.

Description

ClamAV antivirus is installed on the remote host. However, there is a problem with the installation; either its services are not running or its engine and/or virus definitions are out of date. In this case, the file daily.cvd was found to be out of date.

Solution

Make sure that updates are working and the associated services are running.

See Also

http://www.clamav.net/documents/installing-clamav

http://www.nessus.org/u?f352bef9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 46172

File Name: clamav_sigs_outdated.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.924

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/28/2010

Updated: 6/30/2016

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:clamav:clamav

Required KB Items: Antivirus/ClamAV/sigs