UBUNTU-CVE-2024-20290

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-20290

    Published: 7 Feb 2024Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-20290
    Aliases:
    USN-6636-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability in the OLE2 file format parser 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 end-of-string values during scanning, which may result in a heap buffer over-read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software and consuming available system resources. For a description of this vulnerability, see the ClamAV blog .

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-20290, https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-hDffu6t, https://blog.clamav.net/2023/11/clamav-130-122-105-released.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6636-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20290

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: clamav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=noble

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    1.0.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1
    1.0.4+dfsg-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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