SB2018011723 - Fedora 27 update for clamav
Published: January 17, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6420)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a rmeote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in libclamav/wwunpack.c due to use-after-free error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PE file with WWPack compression, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6418)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a rmeote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in libclamav/message.c due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted e-mail message, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.