Buffer overflow in Fedora - CVE-2015-1462
Published: February 3, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40900
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1462
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
ClamAV before 0.98.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted upx packer file, related to a "heap out of bounds condition."
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1462
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://blog.clamav.net/2015/01/clamav-0986-has-been-released.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148950.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148958.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62536
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031672
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08