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Amazon Linux 2023 : clamav, clamav-data, clamav-devel (ALAS2023-2023-331)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181142

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-331 advisory.

 A vulnerability in the filesystem image parser for Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

 This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for completion when a file is decompressed, which may result in a loop condition that could cause the affected software to stop responding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ filesystem image to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources.

 For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog . (CVE-2023-20197)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update clamav --releasever 2023.1.20230906' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-331.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-20197.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181142

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-331.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-milter, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-lib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-update, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-data, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-lib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-update-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav-milter-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20197

IAVB: 2023-B-0062-S