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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2022.5423.2
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5423-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'clamav' package(s) announced via the USN-5423-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'clamav' package(s) announced via the USN-5423-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-5423-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM.


Original advisory details:

Michal Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop
responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20770)

Michal Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing TIFF
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20771)

Michal Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HTML
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20785)

Michal Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled loading the
signature database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20792)

Alexander Patrakov and Antoine Gatineau discovered that ClamAV incorrectly
handled the scan verdict cache check. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-20796)

Affected Software/OS:
'clamav' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-20770
Cisco Security Advisory: 20220504 ClamAV CHM File Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: April 2022
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-prVGcHLd
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N4NNBIJVG6Z4PDIKUZXTYXICYUAYAZ56/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BX5ZXNHP4NFYQ5BFSKY3WT7NTBZUYG7L/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7RV6BLIATIJE74SQ6NG5ZC4JK5MMDQ2R/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00004.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-20771
Cisco Security Advisory: 20220504 ClamAV TIFF File Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: April 2022
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-ZAZBwRVG
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-20785
Cisco Security Advisory: 20220504 ClamAV HTML Scanning Memory Leak Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: April 2022
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-html-XAuOK8mR
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-20792
Cisco Security Advisory: https://blog.clamav.net/2022/05/clamav-01050-01043-01036-released.html
https://blog.clamav.net/2022/05/clamav-01050-01043-01036-released.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-20796
Cisco Security Advisory: 20220504 ClamAV Truncated File Denial of Service Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: April 2022
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-dos-vL9x58p4
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