Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2019· Updated Nov 19, 2024
Clam AntiVirus RAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1785
Description
A vulnerability in the RAR file scanning functionality of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.101.1 and 0.101.0 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper error-handling mechanisms when processing nested RAR files sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted RAR file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to view or create arbitrary files on the targeted system.
Affected products
1- Range: 0.101.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
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