PT-2017-2630 · Cisco+3 · Clamav+3

Published 2017-08-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-6420

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ClamAV version 0.99.2

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free error in the wwunpack function, which can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted PE file with WWPack compression, leading to a denial of service.

Recommendations For ClamAV version 0.99.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using the vulnerable wwunpack function can lead to a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2296

ALT-PU-2018-1096

BDU:2017-01850

CVE-2017-6420

DLA-1105-1

DLA-1261-1

MGASA-2017-0291

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0258-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0254-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0255-1

USN-3393-1

USN-3393-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Clamav

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 87

• https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/commit/dfc00cd3301a42b571454b51a6102eecf58407bc · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0291 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10685-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0254-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0255-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01850 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3393-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6420 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6418 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6420 · Vendor Advisory