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CVE-2023-20197

Published: 17 August 2023

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 .

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
per upstream: "This issue affects versions 1.1.0, 1.0.1 through
1.0.0, 0.105.2 through 0.105.0, 0.104.4 through 0.104.0, and
0.103.8 through 0.103.0."

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
clamav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
focal
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1)
jammy
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
lunar
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.23.04.1)
trusty
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H