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ClamAV Crafted '7z' And 'Mew Packer' Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with ClamAV and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to: - An error in parsing the crafted 7z files, which causes attacker to crash the application. - An error in parsing crafted mew packer, which causes attacker to crash the application.
Affected Software
Affected Software
ClamAV versions before 0.99.2 on Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to ClamAV version 0.99.2 or later.