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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : clamav (SUSE-SU-2024:3228-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 207219
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3228-1 advisory.- Update to version 0.103.12
- CVE-2024-20506: Disable symlinks following to prevent an attacker to corrupt system files. (bsc#1230162)
- CVE-2024-20505: Fixed possible out-of-bounds read bug in the PDF file parser. (bsc#1230161)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected clamav package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230161
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230162
http://www.nessus.org/u?048f611c
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 207219
File Name: suse_SU-2024-3228-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/13/2024
Updated: 9/13/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.2
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20506
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:clamav
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-20505, CVE-2024-20506
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3228-1