Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : clamav vulnerabilities (USN-1816-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66314

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that ClamAV would incorrectly parse a UPX-packed executable, leading to possible inappropriate heap reads. An attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-2020)

It was discovered that ClamAV would incorrectly parse a PDF document, potentially writing beyond the size of a static array. An attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-2021).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected clamav package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1816-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66314

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1816-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2020, CVE-2013-2021

BID: 59434

USN: 1816-1