MGASA-2017-0291

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0291
Related
Published
2017-08-21T20:00:42Z
Modified
2017-08-21T19:40:01Z
Summary
Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e-mail messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-6418).

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PE files with WWPack compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-6420).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:6 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/clamav?distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.2-2.2.mga6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Mageia:5 / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/clamav?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.2-1.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}