{"id":"MGASA-2017-0291","summary":"Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e-mail\nmessages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-6418).\n\nIt was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PE\nfiles with WWPack compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this\nissue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service\n(CVE-2017-6420).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:48.655817755Z","published":"2017-08-21T20:00:42Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-6418","CVE-2017-6420"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21555"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3393-1/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"clamav","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/clamav?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.99.2-1.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.json"}},{"package":{"name":"clamav","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/clamav?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.99.2-2.2.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0291.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}