Denial of service in ClamAV



Published: 2019-12-12
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-15961
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		ClamAV
Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls

Vendor ClamAV

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU23559

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15961

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via email messages due to overly long parsing of MIME messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ClamAV: 0.101.0 - 0.102.0

External links

http://blog.clamav.net/2019/11/clamav-01021-and-01015-patches-have.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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