MGASA-2019-0361 - Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0361.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-15961

The updated packages fix two packaging problems and a security
vulnerability:

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability may occur when scanning a specially
crafted email file as a result of excessively long scan times.
(CVE-2019-15961)

The first packaging issue, in the configuration of clamav-daemon.socket,
leads to freshclam and amavis complaining about not being able to access
clamd socket.

The second packaging issue, in the names of systemd services, leads to
warnigs at the installation/update of clamav and clamd.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25754
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25096
- https://blog.clamav.net/2019/11/clamav-01021-and-01015-patches-have.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15961

SRPMS:
- 7/core/clamav-0.101.5-1.1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0361: clamav security update

The updated packages fix two packaging problems and a security vulnerability: A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability may occur when scanning a specially crafted email file as a r...

Summary

The updated packages fix two packaging problems and a security vulnerability:
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability may occur when scanning a specially crafted email file as a result of excessively long scan times. (CVE-2019-15961)
The first packaging issue, in the configuration of clamav-daemon.socket, leads to freshclam and amavis complaining about not being able to access clamd socket.
The second packaging issue, in the names of systemd services, leads to warnigs at the installation/update of clamav and clamd.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25754

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25096

- https://blog.clamav.net/2019/11/clamav-01021-and-01015-patches-have.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15961

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0361 - Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/clamav-0.101.5-1.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0361.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-15961

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