ID

VAR-202001-0770

CVE

CVE-2019-15961

TITLE

Clam AntiVirus software Vulnerabilities related to resource exhaustion

DESCRIPTION

A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in extremely long scan times of specially formatted email files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to scan the crafted email file indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service condition. Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) software Contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability.Denial of service (DoS) May be in a state. Clam AntiVirus is an open source antivirus engine from the ClamAV team for detecting Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. A resource management error vulnerability exists in Clam AntiVirus versions prior to 0.102.1 and versions prior to 0.101.5. ========================================================================= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4230-2 January 23, 2020 clamav vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary: ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix Details: USN-4230-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain MIME messages. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: clamav 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: clamav 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4230-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4230-1 CVE-2019-15961 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 19, 2020 Bugs: #702010, #708424 ID: 202003-46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition. Background ========== ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.102.2 >= 0.102.2 Description =========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ClamAV. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.102.2" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2019-15961 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15961 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-3123 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3123 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-46 Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

resource management error

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PATCH

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Ubuntu,Tomasz Kojm,Gentoo

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2024-11-23T21:26:27.091000+00:00

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