SB2019112412 - Fedora 31 update for clamav



SB2019112412 - Fedora 31 update for clamav

Published: November 24, 2019 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112412
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15961)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via email messages due to overly long parsing of MIME messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.