NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting clamav package, versions <0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-CLAMAV-372281
  • published 28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 23 Oct 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 clamav to version 0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

chmd_read_headers in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.8alpha accepts a filename that has '\0' as its first or second character (such as the "/\0" name).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

4.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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SUSE

4.3 medium