Clam Antivirus up to 0.98.6 petite Packer File resource management
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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Clam Antivirus up to 0.98.6 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component petite Packer File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted petite packed file.
The weakness was disclosed 04/29/2015 by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior as ClamAV 0.98.7 has been released! as confirmed release notes (Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at blog.clamav.net. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Clam. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2222 since 03/05/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83976 (Amazon Linux AMI : clamav (ALAS-2015-537)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350165 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for clamav: ALAS-2015-537).
Upgrading to version 0.98.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at clamav.net. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102869) and Tenable (83976). The entries 75183, 75184, 75185 and 75186 are pretty similar.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 83976
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : clamav (ALAS-2015-537)
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OpenVAS ID: 800596
OpenVAS Name: ClamAV Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities August15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Antivirus 0.98.7
Timeline
01/01/2014 🔍03/05/2015 🔍
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05/03/2015 🔍
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Advisory: ClamAV 0.98.7 has been released!Researcher: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2222 (🔍)
X-Force: 102869 - ClamAV petite-packed files denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1032223 - Clam AntiVirus Multiple File Processing Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 50158 - ClamAV before 0.98.7 Remote DoS via a Crafted Petite Packed File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 74443 - ClamAV Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 05/04/2015 16:20Updated: 05/10/2022 09:04
Changes: 05/04/2015 16:20 (81), 06/28/2017 06:40 (4), 05/10/2022 09:04 (3)
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