Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting clamav package, versions <0.100.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.11% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE313-CLAMAV-1066816
  • published 23 Nov 2017
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 clamav to version 0.100.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 does not prevent infinite recursion in parameter entities.