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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : clamav (SUSE-SU-2023:4415-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185463

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4415-1 advisory.

 - Updated to version 0.103.11:

 - CVE-2023-40477: Updated libclamunrar dependency to version 6.2.12 (bsc#1216625).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected clamav, clamav-devel, libclamav9 and / or libfreshclam2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216625

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-40477

http://www.nessus.org/u?02410fd0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185463

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4415-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

Percentile: 99.81

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40477

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:clamav-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libclamav9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfreshclam2, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, 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: 11/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40477

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4415-1