ALAS-2023-1820

Related 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 . (CVE-2023-20197)

ALAS-2023-1820


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1820
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-30 17:56 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-09 00:34 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

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 . (CVE-2023-20197)


Affected Packages:

clamav


Issue Correction:
Run yum update clamav to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    clamav-db-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-debuginfo-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-milter-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-update-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-lib-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamav-devel-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686
    clamd-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    clamav-filesystem-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.noarch
    clamav-data-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.noarch

src:
    clamav-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    clamd-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-db-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-milter-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-debuginfo-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-lib-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-devel-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64
    clamav-update-0.103.9-1.55.amzn1.x86_64