Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting clamav package, versions [,0.95)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.07% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-2381183
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Apr 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Apr 2009

CVE-2009-1270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade clamav to version 0.95 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) libclamav/untar.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted TAR file that causes (1) clamd and (2) clamscan to hang.

CVSS Scores

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