Security update for clamav

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:3228-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-20505 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-20505 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2024-20506 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-20506 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for clamav fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.103.12
  • CVE-2024-20506: Disable symlinks following to prevent an attacker to corrupt system files. (bsc#1230162)
  • CVE-2024-20505: Fixed possible out-of-bounds read bug in the PDF file parser. (bsc#1230161)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3228=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3228=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3228=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • clamav-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debugsource-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debuginfo-0.103.12-3.33.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • clamav-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debugsource-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debuginfo-0.103.12-3.33.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • clamav-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debugsource-0.103.12-3.33.1
    • clamav-debuginfo-0.103.12-3.33.1

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