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Debian LTS: DLA-3983-1: clamav Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2024
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3983-1 outlines critical updates for ClamAV fixing DoS and system file corruption risks.
Two vulnerabilities were found in ClamAV, an antivirus toolkit for Unix

Summary

CVE-2024-20505

Affected versions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause
a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The
vulnerability is due to an out of bounds read. An attacker could exploit
this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file to be scanned by ClamAV
on an affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the
scanning process.

CVE-2024-20506

Affected versions could allow an authenticated, local attacker to corrupt
critical system files. The vulnerability is due to allowing the ClamD
process to write to its log file while privileged without checking if the
logfile has been replaced with a symbolic link. An attacker could exploit
this vulnerability if they replace the ClamD log file with a symlink to a
critical system file and then find a way to restart the ClamD process. An
exploit could allow the attacker to corrupt a critical system file by

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Package: clamav
Version: 1.0.7+dfsg-1~deb11u1
CVE ID: CVE-2024-20505 CVE-2024-20506
Debian Bug: #1080962

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