Input validation error in Fedora - CVE-2015-1463
Published: February 3, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40901
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1463
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
ClamAV before 0.98.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted petite packer file, related to an "incorrect compiler optimization."
Affected software
Fedora
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1463
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- 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
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08