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SUSE: CVE-2021-1404: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/08/2021
Created
04/15/2021
Added
04/14/2021
Modified
10/26/2022

Description

A vulnerability in the PDF parsing module in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) Software versions 0.103.0 and 0.103.1 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper buffer size tracking that may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted PDF file to an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-clamav
  • suse-upgrade-clamav-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libclamav9
  • suse-upgrade-libfreshclam2

References

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