SUSE SLES12 Security Update : clamav (SUSE-SU-2023:0453-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171685

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0453-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-20032: Fixed a possible remote code execution vulnerability in the HFS+ file parser (bsc#1208363).
- CVE-2023-20052: Fixed a possible remote information leak vulnerability in the DMG file parser (bsc#1208365).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected clamav package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171685

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0453-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:clamav

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20032, CVE-2023-20052

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0453-1

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