SB2011102506 - Input validation error in clamav (Alpine package)
Published: October 25, 2011
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011102506
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3627)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The bytecode engine in ClamAV before 0.97.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to "recursion level" and (1) libclamav/bytecode.c and (2) libclamav/bytecode_api.c.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.