Denial of Service Vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus DLP Module
CVE-2020-3123

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Clamav
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 February 2020

Summary

A vulnerability within the Data-Loss-Prevention (DLP) module of Clam AntiVirus allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition by exploiting an out-of-bounds read. Users with the optional DLP feature enabled could experience a crash in the ClamAV scanning process when a specially crafted email file is sent to an affected device. This malfunction may lead to significant disruptions in the anti-virus operations.

Affected Version(s)

ClamAV 0.102.1

References

https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvs...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
https://blog.clamav.net/2020/02/clamav-01022-security-pat...
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4280-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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