vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-20505: Security patch for clamav (ALAS-2024-2644)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 4, 2024
Added
Oct 3, 2024
Modified
Jan 30, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 1.4.0, 1.3.2 and prior versions, all 1.2.x versions, 1.0.6 and prior versions, all 0.105.x versions, all 0.104.x versions, and 0.103.11 and all prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.

The vulnerability is due to an out of bounds read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the scanning process.

Solution(s)

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamavamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-dataamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-filesystemamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-libamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-milteramazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamav-updateamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-clamd
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