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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-20290): ClamAV vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-20290): ClamAV vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/07/2024
Created
02/16/2024
Added
02/15/2024
Modified
02/19/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an incorrect check for end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-clamav

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