PT-2023-4533 · Clamav · Clamav

Published 2023-08-16 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20212

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ClamAV (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a logic error in the memory management of the AutoIt module in ClamAV, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this by submitting a crafted AutoIt file to be scanned by ClamAV on the affected device, potentially causing the ClamAV scanning process to restart unexpectedly.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-825

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-04937

CVE-2023-20212

MGASA-2023-0257

Affected Products

Clamav

References · 19

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20212 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-20212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20212 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-04937 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-FTkhqMWZ · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-20212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0257.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-20212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1692452687357341937 · Twitter Post
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32204 · Note
• https://twitter.com/geekphane/status/1693859636070207627 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68849 · Telegram Post