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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-CLAMAV-7008822
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed23 Nov 2017

Introduced: 23 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

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