ClamAV < 0.97 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 51935

Synopsis

The remote antivirus service is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version, the clamd antivirus daemon on the remote host is earlier than 0.97. Such versions reportedly are affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- As-yet unspecified double-free issues involving an error path exist in 'libclamav/vba_extract.c' and 'shared/cdiff.c'. (Bug 2486 and report from <mt*debian.org>)

- 'libclamav/pdf.c' may miss detection. (Bug 2455)

- Multiple as-yet unspecified error path leaks exit in 'clamav-milter/whitelist.c', 'clamscan/manager.c', and 'libclamav/sis.c'. (Report from <mt*debian.org>)

Solution

Upgrade to ClamAV 0.97 or later.

See Also

https://blog.clamav.net/2011/02/clamav-097-has-been-released.html

https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/ChangeLog

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51935

File Name: clamav_0_97.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/10/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:clamav:clamav

Required KB Items: Antivirus/ClamAV/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1003

BID: 46470