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CVE-2019-15961

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software Email Parsing Vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 0.101.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in extremely long scan times of specially formatted email files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to scan the crafted email file indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • ClamAV ClamAV

    through 0.102.0; fixed in 0.101.4

References 5

bugzilla.clamav.net

quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com

usn.ubuntu.com

lists.debian.org

security.gentoo.org