Improper input validation in ClamAV - CVE-2018-0361

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Improper input validation in ClamAV - CVE-2018-0361

Published: July 30, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14105
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0361
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a flaw when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger a PDF object length check error and cause the service to crash.


Affected software

ClamAV
clamav (Alpine package)
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0361

Update to version 0.100.1.

ClamAV - update to 0.100.1
clamav (Alpine package) - update to 0.100.1-r0

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