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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-20785: Security patch for clamav (ALAS-2022-1621)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-20785: Security patch for clamav (ALAS-2022-1621)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/04/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/05/2022
Modified
08/05/2022

Description

On April 20, 2022, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library versions 0.103.5 and earlier and 0.104.2 and earlier was disclosed: A vulnerability in HTML file parser of Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) versions 0.104.0 through 0.104.2 and LTS version 0.103.5 and prior versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog. This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-clamav

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