Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9050 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Clamav

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
clamav
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV before 0.98.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted y0da Crypter PE file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Clamav
119

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2423-1.NASL
    descriptionKurt Seifried discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain JavaScript files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6497) Damien Millescamp discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain PE files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9050). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79598
    published2014-11-27
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79598
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : clamav vulnerabilities (USN-2423-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2423-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(79598);
      script_version("1.9");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:30");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6497", "CVE-2014-9050");
      script_bugtraq_id(71178, 71242);
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2423-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : clamav vulnerabilities (USN-2423-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Kurt Seifried discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain
    JavaScript files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
    ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
    arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6497)
    
    Damien Millescamp discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain
    PE files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
    crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
    code. (CVE-2014-9050).
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2423-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected clamav package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:clamav");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/12/01");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/11/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/11/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|14\.04|14\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 14.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"clamav", pkgver:"0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"clamav", pkgver:"0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.10", pkgname:"clamav", pkgver:"0.98.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.10.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "clamav");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_CLAMAV-141125.NASL
    descriptionclamav was updated to version 0.98.5 to fix three security issues and several non-security issues. These security issues have been fixed : - Crash when scanning maliciously crafted yoda
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-12-06
    plugin id79760
    published2014-12-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79760
    titleSuSE 11.3 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 10016)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is
    # copyright (C) Novell, Inc.
    #
    
    if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(79760);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-6497", "CVE-2014-9050");
    
      script_name(english:"SuSE 11.3 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 10016)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "clamav was updated to version 0.98.5 to fix three security issues and
    several non-security issues.
    
    These security issues have been fixed :
    
      - Crash when scanning maliciously crafted yoda's crypter
        files. (CVE-2013-6497)
    
      - Heap-based buffer overflow when scanning crypted PE
        files. (CVE-2014-9050)
    
      - Crash when using 'clamscan -a'. These non-security
        issues have been fixed :
    
      - Support for the XDP file format and extracting,
        decoding, and scanning PDF files within XDP files.
    
      - Addition of shared library support for LLVM versions 3.1
        - 3.5 for the purpose of just-in-time(JIT) compilation
        of ClamAV bytecode signatures.
    
      - Enhancements to the clambc command line utility to
        assist ClamAV bytecode signature authors by providing
        introspection into compiled bytecode programs.
    
      - Resolution of many of the warning messages from ClamAV
        compilation.
    
      - Improved detection of malicious PE files.
    
      - ClamAV 0.98.5 now works with OpenSSL in FIPS compliant
        mode. (bnc#904207)
    
      - Fix server socket setup code in clamd. (bnc#903489)
    
      - Change updateclamconf to prefer the state of the old
        config file even for commented-out options. (bnc#903719)
    
      - Fix infinite loop in clamdscan when clamd is not
        running.
    
      - Fix buffer underruns when handling multi-part MIME email
        attachments.
    
      - Fix configuration of OpenSSL on various platforms.
    
      - Fix linking issues with libclamunrar."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903489"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903719"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904207"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906077"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906770"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6497.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9050.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply SAT patch number 10016.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:clamav");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/11/25");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/06");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)11") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SuSE 11", cpu);
    
    pl = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
    if (isnull(pl) || int(pl) != 3) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11.3");
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"i586", reference:"clamav-0.98.5-0.5.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"clamav-0.98.5-0.5.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:3, reference:"clamav-0.98.5-0.5.1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-95.NASL
    descriptionTwo bugs were discovered in clamav and are fixed by this release. One issue is in clamscan, the command line anti-virus scanner included in the package, which could lead to crashes when scanning certain files. (CVE-2013-6497) The second issue is in libclamav which caused a heap buffer overflow when scanning a specially crafted y0da Crypter obfuscated PE file. (CVE-2014-9050) If you use clamav, we highly recommend that you upgrade to this version. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-03-26
    plugin id82240
    published2015-03-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82240
    titleDebian DLA-95-1 : clamav security update
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2015-166.NASL
    descriptionUpdated clamav packages fix security vulnerabilities : ClamAV 0.98.6 is a maintenance release to fix some bugs, some of them being security bugs : Certain JavaScript files causes ClamAV to segfault when scanned with the -a (list archived files) (CVE-2013-6497). A heap buffer overflow was reported in ClamAV when scanning a specially crafted y0da Crypter obfuscated PE file (CVE-2014-9050). Fix a heap out of bounds condition with crafted Yoda
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id82419
    published2015-03-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82419
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2015:166)
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idCLAMAV_0_98_5.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its version, the ClamAV clamd antivirus daemon on the remote host is prior to 0.98.5. It is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - An error exists related to using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79388
    published2014-11-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79388
    titleClamAV < 0.98.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-736.NASL
    descriptionclamav was updated to version 0.98.5 to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed : - Segmentation fault when processing certain files (CVE-2013-6497). - Heap-based buffer overflow when scanning crypted PE files (CVE-2014-9050). The following non-security issues were fixed : - Support for the XDP file format and extracting, decoding, and scanning PDF files within XDP files. - Addition of shared library support for LLVM versions 3.1 - 3.5 for the purpose of just-in-time(JIT) compilation of ClamAV bytecode signatures. - Enhancements to the clambc command line utility to assist ClamAV bytecode signature authors by providing introspection into compiled bytecode programs. - Resolution of many of the warning messages from ClamAV compilation. - Improved detection of malicious PE files. - ClamAV 0.98.5 now works with OpenSSL in FIPS compliant mode (bnc#904207). - Fix server socket setup code in clamd (bnc#903489). - Change updateclamconf to prefer the state of the old config file even for commented-out options (bnc#903719).
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-12-06
    plugin id79754
    published2014-12-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79754
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : clamav (openSUSE-SU-2014:1560-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-15434.NASL
    descriptionClamAV 0.98.5 ============= ClamAV 0.98.5 also includes these new features and bug fixes : - Support for the XDP file format and extracting, decoding, and scanning PDF files within XDP files. Addition of shared library support for LLVM versions 3.1 - 3.5 for the purpose of just-in-time(JIT) compilation of ClamAV bytecode signatures. Andreas Cadhalpun submitted the patch implementing this support. - Enhancements to the clambc command line utility to assist ClamAV bytecode signature authors by providing introspection into compiled bytecode programs. - Resolution of many of the warning messages from ClamAV compilation. - Improved detection of malicious PE files. - Security fix for ClamAV crash when using
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-12-07
    plugin id79772
    published2014-12-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79772
    titleFedora 21 : clamav-0.98.5-1.fc21 (2014-15434)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201412-05.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-05 (Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service) A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted file. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79844
    published2014-12-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79844
    titleGLSA-201412-05 : Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-15463.NASL
    descriptionClamAV 0.98.5 ============= ClamAV 0.98.5 also includes these new features and bug fixes : - Support for the XDP file format and extracting, decoding, and scanning PDF files within XDP files. Addition of shared library support for LLVM versions 3.1 - 3.5 for the purpose of just-in-time(JIT) compilation of ClamAV bytecode signatures. Andreas Cadhalpun submitted the patch implementing this support. - Enhancements to the clambc command line utility to assist ClamAV bytecode signature authors by providing introspection into compiled bytecode programs. - Resolution of many of the warning messages from ClamAV compilation. - Improved detection of malicious PE files. - Security fix for ClamAV crash when using
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-11-28
    plugin id79607
    published2014-11-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79607
    titleFedora 19 : clamav-0.98.5-1.fc19 (2014-15463)