Input validation error in ClamAV - CVE-2013-2021
Published: May 14, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32685
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2021
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ClamAV
Affected software:
ClamAV
ClamAV
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted length value in an encrypted PDF file.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2021
Update to version 0.97.8.
Sources
- http://blog.clamav.net/2013/04/clamav-0978-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109514.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109639.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-June/109652.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105575.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-12/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53150
- http://secunia.com/advisories/53182
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5892
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:159
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59434
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1816-1
- https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7053
- https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/24ff855c82d3f5c62bc5788a5776cefbffce2971