Arch Linux: ASA-201411-21 Low Severity: clamav Denial of Service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201411-21
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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
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The package clamav before version 0.98.5-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
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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
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None.

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

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

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