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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-3481: clamav Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-3481: clamav Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/20/2020
Created
01/05/2021
Added
01/04/2021
Modified
01/04/2021

Description

A vulnerability in the EGG archive parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0 - 0.102.3 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a null pointer dereference. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted EGG file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-clamav

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