SB20230816163 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV

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SB20230816163 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV

Published: August 16, 2023 Updated: August 17, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20230816163
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20197)

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the HFS+ file parser. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


2) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20212)

CWE-ID: CWE-825 - Expired pointer dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the AutoIt file parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References