CVE-2015-2170 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by submitting a crafted file to the UPX decoder, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-2170?

CVE-2015-2170 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 12 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The upx decoder in ClamAV before 0.98.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2170?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Clamav Clamav.

How do I fix CVE-2015-2170?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-2170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2170, GHSA-934m-45xh-8j2f, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2170.

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