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CVE-2023-20052

MEDIUMEPSS 93th pctl
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

On Feb 15, 2023, the following vulnerability in the ClamAV scanning library was disclosed: A vulnerability in the DMG file parser of ClamAV versions 1.0.0 and earlier, 0.105.1 and earlier, and 0.103.7 and earlier could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to enabling XML entity substitution that may result in XML external entity injection. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted DMG file to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to leak bytes from any file that may be read by the ClamAV scanning process.

How to fix

Remediation Available
clamavDebian
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0+deb11u1CVE-2023-20052
Fixed in:1.0.1+dfsg-1CVE-2023-20052
Fixed in:1.0.1+dfsg-1CVE-2023-20052
Fixed in:1.0.1+dfsg-1CVE-2023-20052
clamavUbuntu
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1USN-5887-1
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1USN-5887-1
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5887-1
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5887-1
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5887-1
Fixed in:0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5887-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

6.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
93rdpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 93% of all known CVEs.

References

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