SUSE update for clamav

Published: 2024-09-18

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-20505 CVE-2024-20506
CWE-ID	CWE-125 CWE-61
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system Basesystem Module Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Enterprise Storage Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Proxy Operating systems & Components / Operating system clamav Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libfreshclam2-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component clamav-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libclamav9-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component clamav-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libclamav9 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libfreshclam2 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component clamav-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU96825

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-2024-20505

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the PDF file parser. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the antivirus, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the antivirus engine.

Mitigation

Update the affected package clamav to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15: SP3 - SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15: SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS: 15-SP4

Basesystem Module: 15-SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15: SP2 - SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS: 15-SP2

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

openSUSE Leap: 15.5

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 7.1

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Server: 4.3

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.3

clamav: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

libfreshclam2-debuginfo: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

clamav-debuginfo: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

libclamav9-debuginfo: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

clamav-debugsource: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

libclamav9: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

libfreshclam2: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

clamav-devel: before 0.103.12-150000.3.53.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243305-1/

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.

2) UNIX symbolic link following

EUVDB-ID: #VU96824

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20506

CWE-ID: CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following