ClamAV < 0.88.5 PE Handler Content-Parsing Overflow (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3794

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a heap overflow.

Description

The remote host is running ClamAV, an antivirus application. There is a remote content-parsing flaw in this version of ClamAV that could lead to a heap overflow. An attacker sending a malformed PE file would be able to exploit this flaw. Successful exploitation would result in the attacker executing arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.88.5 or higher.

See Also

http://www.clamav.net

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3794

Family: Web Clients

Published: 10/16/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4182, CVE-2006-5295

BID: 20535, 20537