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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-20328: ClamAV: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 1, 2024
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the VirusEvent feature of ClamAV could allow a local attacker to inject arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service account.The vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of file names. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a file name containing command-line sequences. When processed on a system using configuration options for the VirusEvent feature, the attacker could cause the application to execute arbitrary commands.
ClamAV has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-antivirus-clamav
Title
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