UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15961

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15961

    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15961

    Published: 25 Nov 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-15961

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15961, https://blog.clamav.net/2019/11/clamav-01021-and-01015-patches-have.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4230-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4230-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15961

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: clamav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
    0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15961 | CVE-DB