SB2020072424 - Denial of service in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV)



SB2020072424 - Denial of service in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV)

Published: July 24, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020072424
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3481)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the EGG archive module. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.