SUSE update for clamav

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU79633

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20197

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package clamav to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Basesystem Module: 15-SP4 - 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP1 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP4 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS: 15-SP1

openSUSE Leap: 15.4 - 15.5

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.2 - 4.3

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

clamav-debugsource: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

clamav-devel: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

libfreshclam2-debuginfo: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

clamav: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

libclamav9-debuginfo: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

clamav-debuginfo: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

libclamav9: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

libfreshclam2: before 0.103.9-150000.3.47.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233456-1/

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.