Directory Traversal Affecting clamav package, versions [,0.88.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CLAMAV-2381227
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Feb 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Feb 2007

CVE-2007-0898  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade clamav to version 0.88.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. Directory traversal vulnerability in clamd in Clam AntiVirus ClamAV before 0.90 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id MIME header parameter in a multi-part message.

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