Clam Antivirus up to 0.98.6 PE File resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Clam Antivirus up to 0.98.6. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PE File Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-2170. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Clam Antivirus up to 0.98.6 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component PE File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The upx decoder in ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

The weakness was published 04/29/2015 by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior as ClamAV 0.98.7 has been released! as confirmed release notes (Blog). The advisory is shared at blog.clamav.net. The public release has been coordinated with Clam. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2170 since 03/01/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83226 (Fedora 21 : clamav-0.98.7-1.fc21 (2015-7334)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. 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 Tenable (83226), SecurityFocus (BID 74443†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1032223†). Similar entries are available at VDB-75183, VDB-75184, VDB-75186 and VDB-75187. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 83226
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : clamav-0.98.7-1.fc21 (2015-7334)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-537
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Antivirus 0.98.7

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03/01/2015 🔍
04/29/2015 +59 days 🔍
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05/03/2015 +4 days 🔍
05/04/2015 +1 days 🔍
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05/12/2015 +8 days 🔍
03/23/2019 +1411 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ClamAV 0.98.7 has been released!
Researcher: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75185
SecurityFocus: 74443 - ClamAV Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1032223

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/04/2015 16:20
Updated: 03/23/2019 20:41
Changes: 05/04/2015 16:20 (62), 03/23/2019 20:41 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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