CVE-2016-1371 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash ClamAV by submitting a crafted executable, requiring administrators to upgrade the software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-1371?
CVE-2016-1371 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Oct 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ClamAV (aka Clam AntiVirus) before 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted mew packer executable.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1371?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Clamav Clamav.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1371?
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-2016-1371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1371 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1371, GHSA-x2x5-2j3g-8q37, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1371.