Out-of-bounds Write Affecting clamav package, versions <0.103.8+dfsg-0+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CLAMAV-3322468
  • published16 Feb 2023
  • disclosed1 Mar 2023

Introduced: 16 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-20032  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 clamav to version 0.103.8+dfsg-0+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was disclosed:

A vulnerability in the HFS+ partition file parser of ClamAV versions 1.0.0 and earlier, 0.105.1 and earlier, and 0.103.7 and earlier could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

This vulnerability is due to a missing buffer size check that may result in a heap buffer overflow write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ partition file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV scanning process, or else crash the process, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog ["https://blog.clamav.net/"].

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