ClamAV < 0.88.2 HTTP Header Remote Overflow (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3525

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running ClamAV, an antivirus application. There is a remote buffer overflow within this version of ClamAV. Specifically, if an attacker were able to spoof or gain control of a ClamAV update server, the attacker could craft a malicious HTTP response that would trigger a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation would result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.88.2 or higher.

See Also

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=407078

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3525

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1989

BID: 17754