Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201411-21
=========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2014-11-20
CVE-ID  : CVE-2013-6497
Package : clamav
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
======
The package clamav before version 0.98.5-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 0.98.5-1.

# pacman -Syu "clamav>=0.98.5-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 0.98.5.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
It was discovered that clamav crashes on certain files when using
'clamscan -a' or while scanning maliciously crafted files.

Impact
=====
Certain JavaScript or specially crafted files processed by "clamscan"
may lead to a segmentation fault resulting in denial of service.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6497
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/673

ArchLinux: 201411-21: clamav: denial of service

November 20, 2014

Summary

It was discovered that clamav crashes on certain files when using 'clamscan -a' or while scanning maliciously crafted files.

Resolution

Upgrade to 0.98.5-1. # pacman -Syu "clamav>=0.98.5-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 0.98.5.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6497 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/673

Severity
Package : clamav
Type : denial of service
Remote : No
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Workaround

None.

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