CVE-2013-6497

Published: 31 December 2013

clamscan in ClamAV before 0.98.5, when using -a option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) as demonstrated by the jwplayer.js file.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
clamav Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	lucid	Ignored (end of life)
	precise	Released (0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
	trusty	Released (0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (0.98.5+dfsg-1)
	utopic	Released (0.98.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.10.1)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6497
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2423-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11088

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