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OESA-2023-1559 (CVE-2023-20197)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-09-02 11:06 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:06 – Source website

Summary

clamav security update

Details

Clam AntiVirus (clamav) is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs are based on a shared library distributed with the Clam AntiVirus package, which you can use with your own software. he virus database is based on the virus database from OpenAntiVirus, but contains additional signatures and is KEPT UP TO DATE.

Security Fix(es):

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)

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20197	ADVISORY

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  "id": "OESA-2023-1559",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:06:00Z",
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CVE-2023-20197 (GCVE-0-2023-20197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-16 21:43 – Updated: 2024-08-02 09:05

Summary

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 .

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

cisco mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Cisco	Cisco Secure Endpoint	Affected: 6.0.9 Affected: 6.0.7 Affected: 6.1.5 Affected: 6.1.7 Affected: 6.1.9 Affected: 6.2.1 Affected: 6.2.5 Affected: 6.2.19 Affected: 6.2.9 Affected: 6.3.5 Affected: 6.3.1 Affected: 6.3.7 Affected: 6.3.3 Affected: 7.0.5 Affected: 7.1.1 Affected: 7.1.5 Affected: 1.12.1 Affected: 1.12.2 Affected: 1.12.5 Affected: 1.12.0 Affected: 1.12.6 Affected: 1.12.3 Affected: 1.12.7 Affected: 1.12.4 Affected: 1.13.0 Affected: 1.13.1 Affected: 1.13.2 Affected: 1.11.0 Affected: 1.10.2 Affected: 1.10.1 Affected: 1.10.0 Affected: 1.14.0 Affected: 1.6.0 Affected: 1.9.0 Affected: 1.9.1 Affected: 1.8.1 Affected: 1.8.0 Affected: 1.8.4 Affected: 1.7.0 Affected: 7.2.13 Affected: 7.2.7 Affected: 7.2.3 Affected: 7.2.11 Affected: 7.2.5 Affected: 7.3.3 Affected: 7.3.5 Affected: 8.1.5
Cisco	Cisco Secure Endpoint Private Cloud Console	Affected: N/A

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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