CVE-2017-12378

Description

ClamAV AntiVirus software versions 0.99.2 and prior contain a vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation checking mechanisms of .tar (Tape Archive) files sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could cause a checksum buffer over-read condition when ClamAV scans the malicious .tar file, potentially allowing the attacker to cause a DoS condition on the affected device.

How to fix CVE-2017-12378

To remediate CVE-2017-12378, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 0.99.3-r0 or later
• —upgrade to 0.99.3~beta2+dfsg-1 or later

Is CVE-2017-12378 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 7.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 0.99.3-r0
• from 0, < 0.99.3~beta2+dfsg-1

CVSS scores

References (2)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12378
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12378