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ClamAV < 0.103.12, 1.0.0 < 1.0.7, 1.1.0 < 1.3.2, 1.4.0 < 1.4.1 System File Corruption

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207495

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Synopsis

The antivirus running on the remote host is affected by a system file corruption vulnerability.

Description

The ClamAV reported version is < 103.12, 1.0.x < 1.0.7, 1.1.0 < x < 1.3.2, or 1.4.0 < 1.4.1 It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in the ClamD service module, where an attacker could to corrupt a critical system file by appending ClamD log messages after restart.

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

Solution

Upgrade to ClamAV version 1.4.1, 1.3.2, 1.0.7, or 0.103.12 or later.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20506

http://www.nessus.org/u?a68d9cf7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207495

File Name: clamav_CVE-2024-20506.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Family: Misc.

Published: 9/20/2024

Updated: 9/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/a:clamav:clamav

Required KB Items: installed_sw/ClamAV

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20506

IAVB: 2024-B-0134