CVE-2019-15961
clamav - security update
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-15961
To remediate CVE-2019-15961, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.100.5-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.102.1+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.101.5+dfsg-0+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-15961 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.100.5-r0
- from 0, < 0.102.1+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 0.101.5+dfsg-0+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |