CVE-2017-12379

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12379
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-26 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-16 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or potentially execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms in the message parsing function on an affected system. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email to the affected device. This action could cause a messageAddArgument (in message.c) buffer overflow condition when ClamAV scans the malicious email, allowing the attacker to potentially cause a DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on an affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clamav Clamav All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 11944 – Heap overflow in messageAddArgument (message.c) CONFIRM bugzilla.clamav.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1261-1] clamav security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.99.3 has been released! CONFIRM blog.clamav.net Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
USN-3550-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3550-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500102 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 503826 Alpine Linux Security Update for clamav
  • 710255 Gentoo Linux ClamAV Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201801-19)

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