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High ALAS2-2023-2233 1 CVE

Important: clamav security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 31, 2023 · Updated Sep 7, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-20197: A vulnerability in the filesystem image parser for Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) 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 completion when a file is decompressed, which may result in a loop condition that could cause the affected software to stop responding. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted HFS+ filesystem image to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to stop responding, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .

Fixed packages 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-data 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-debuginfo 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-devel 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-doc 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-filesystem 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-lib 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-milter 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamav-update 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 clamd 0:0.103.9-1.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-20197.html