CVE-2019-15961
CVSS V2 High 7.1
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-15961
- Assigner
- ykramarz@cisco.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2020-01-15T19:15:13
- Last Modified Date
- 2022-10-19T18:54:05
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 0.101.4 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:clamav:clamav:0.102.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:11.1.1-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:11.1.2-023:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 7.1
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvr56010 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.clamav.net/show_bug.cgi?id=12380 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4230-2/ | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00016.html | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-46 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15961 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15961 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 16:46:50 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 09:43:15 | psirt@cisco.com | ykramarz@cisco.com | CVE Assigner | updated |
| 2022-12-04 09:43:15 | 2020-01-15T19:15Z | 2020-01-15T19:15:13 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 09:43:15 | 2022-10-19T18:54:05 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 09:43:15 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |