ClamAV < 0.96.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 51125

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 0.96.5. Such versions are reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Multiple errors exist in the PDF processing functions in 'libclamav/pdf.c', which could lead to application crashes. (Bugs 2358, 2380, 2396)

- An off-by-one error exists in the handling of icons such that a crafted icon may be used to cause an integer overflow. (Bug 2344)

Solution

Upgrade to ClamAV 0.96.5 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8aeafa37

http://www.nessus.org/u?4caa8742

http://www.nessus.org/u?87149641

http://www.nessus.org/u?022c6883

http://freshmeat.net/projects/clamav/releases/325193

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51125

File Name: clamav_0_96_5.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 12/10/2010

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: Settings/ParanoidReport, Antivirus/ClamAV/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4260, CVE-2010-4261, CVE-2010-4479

BID: 45152

Secunia: 42426