A vulnerability in the email parsing module Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.0, 0.101.4 and prior could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inefficient MIME parsing routines that result in extremely long scan times of specially formatted email files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to scan the crafted email file indefinitely, resulting in a denial of service condition.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2020-01-15T19:05:16

Updated: 2024-11-15T17:48:05.688Z

Reserved: 2019-09-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-15961

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:03:32.408Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-15T19:15:13.317

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:29:49.740

Link: CVE-2019-15961

cve-icon Redhat

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