Out-of-bounds Read Affecting clamav package, versions <0.99.4-r0
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EPSS
0.89% (83rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE313-CLAMAV-1066839
- published 18 Jul 2017
- disclosed 18 Jul 2017
Introduced: 18 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11423 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.13 clamav to version 0.99.4-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.
The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted CAB file.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11423
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3946
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00014.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11423
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-16
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/clamav-vul
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11873
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11423