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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : clamav (SUSE-SU-2024:3305-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207414

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3305-1 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, clamav-devel, libclamav9 and / or libfreshclam2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230161

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230162

http://www.nessus.org/u?108f3b8a

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-20505

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-20506

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207414

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3305-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/19/2024

Updated: 9/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:clamav-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libclamav9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreshclam2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, 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: 9/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20505, CVE-2024-20506

IAVB: 2024-B-0134

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3305-1