SB2019041742 - Out-of-bounds read in clamav (Alpine package)
Published: April 17, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019041742
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1789)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
ClamAV versions prior to 0.101.2 are susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An out-of-bounds heap read condition may occur when scanning PE files. An example is Windows EXE and DLL files that have been packed using Aspack as a result of inadequate bound-checking.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=287dc987d0bfa340aa510b11e2ad691a15b5ea4e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=40d98abc966e1d52b3782751010ab7bb583a1c78
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=70381bbb82a067ccb57871b6a25a55ee2b70331f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9538615b581d4d5b661a672dc8585be1cb4a3a7f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b956a66c592985e85b94a23877b0b467a9b2450b