USN-6636-1

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    USN-6636-1

    Published: 14 Feb 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: clamav vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain OLE2 files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-20290) Amit Schendel discovered that the ClamAV ClamD service incorrectly handled the VirusEvent feature. An attacker able to connect to ClamD could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-20328)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6636-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-20290, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-20328

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: clamav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-0ubuntu0.23.10.1?arch=source&distro=mantic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.23.10.1

    Affected versions

    0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1
    0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu2

    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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