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Cisco Secure Endpoint ClamAV OLE2 File Format Decryption DoS (cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214849

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Endpoint Connector for ClamAV is affected by a vulnerability.

 - A vulnerability in the Object Linking and Embedding 2 (OLE2) decryption routine of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to an integer underflow in a bounds check that allows for a heap buffer overflow read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file containing OLE2 content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to terminate the ClamAV scanning process, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software. For a description of this vulnerability, see the . Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. (CVE-2025-20128)

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwm89781

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78f287fd

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwm89781

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214849

File Name: cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: CISCO

Published: 1/31/2025

Updated: 2/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20128

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:secure_endpoint

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Secure Endpoint, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-20128

CWE: 122

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA

IAVA: 2025-A-0066

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwm89781