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Fedora 38 : clamav (2024-92b8ac25a5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194985

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-92b8ac25a5 advisory.

 - ClamAV 1.0.6 is a critical patch release with the following fixes: * Updated select Rust dependencies to the latest versions. This resolved Cargo audit complaints and included PNG parser bug fixes. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1225> * Fixed a bug causing some text to be truncated when converting from UTF-16. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco- Talos/clamav/pull/1232> * Fixed assorted complaints identified by Coverity static analysis. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1237> * Fixed a bug causing CVDs downloaded by the DatabaseCustomURL Freshclam config option to be pruned and then re-downloaded with every update. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1240> * Added the new 'valhalla' database name to the list of optional databases in preparation for future work. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1240> * Silenced a warning Unexpected early end-of-file that occured when scanning some PNG files. * GitHub pull request<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/pull/1216> (FEDORA-2024-92b8ac25a5)

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 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-92b8ac25a5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194985

File Name: fedora_2024-92b8ac25a5.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2024

Updated: 5/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:clamav

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2024

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