Advisories » MGASA-2020-0105

Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 26 Feb 2020
Modification date: 26 Feb 2020
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 7
CVE: CVE-2020-3123

Description

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

A vulnerability in the Data-Loss-Prevention (DLP) module in Clam AntiVirus
(ClamAV) Software versions 0.102.1 and 0.102.0 could allow an
unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition on
an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds read
affecting users that have enabled the optional DLP feature. An attacker
could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file to an
affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV
scanning process crash, resulting in a denial of service condition.
(CVE-2020-3123)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26221
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4280-1/
• https://blog.clamav.net/2020/02/clamav-01022-security-patch-released.html
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-3123

SRPMS

7/core

• clamav-0.102.2-1.mga7