CVE-2015-2668 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted xz archive file.

Published: 2015-05-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.1:::::::*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-233-1	clamav security and upstream version update
EUVD	EUVD-2015-2760	ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted xz archive file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-2594-1	ClamAV vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00768.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.clamav.net/2015/04/clamav-0987-has-been-released.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00024.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2594-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74472
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Clamav Clamav

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-05-12T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:37.931Z

Reserved: 2015-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2668

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-12T19:59:15.930

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2668

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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