Cisco Secure Endpoint update for ClamAV

Published: 2023-02-15 | Updated: 2024-04-19

Risk	Critical
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-20032 CVE-2023-20052
CWE-ID	CWE-122 CWE-611
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software	Secure Web Appliance Other software / Other software solutions Secure Endpoint Private Cloud Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls Secure Endpoint for Windows Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls Secure Endpoint for macOS Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls Secure Endpoint for Linux Client/Desktop applications / Antivirus software/Personal firewalls
Vendor	Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU72297

Risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20032

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the HFS+ partition file parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Secure Web Appliance: before 14.0.4-005

Secure Endpoint Private Cloud: before 3.6.0

Secure Endpoint for Windows: before 7.5.9

Secure Endpoint for macOS: before 1.21.1

Secure Endpoint for Linux: before 1.20.2

CPE2.3

External links

https://bst.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd74134
https://bst.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd74135
https://bst.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwe18204

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) XML External Entity injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU72298

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20052

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: Yes