SB2025020363 - SUSE update for clamav
Published: February 3, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14679)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer overflow the read_chunk function, as defined in the mspack/chmd.c source code file. A local attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20197)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the HFS+ file parser. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20380)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the HTML file parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20505)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the PDF file parser. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the antivirus, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the antivirus engine.
5) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20506)
The vulnerability allows a local user to corrupt system files.
The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue within the logging module. A local user with existing access to the 'clamd' or 'freshclam' services can corrupt system files and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20128)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when decrypting OLE2 file format. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.