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Amazon Linux 2023 : clamav1.4, clamav1.4-data, clamav1.4-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1081)

🗓️ 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Amazon Linux 2023 is impacted by ClamAV vulnerabilities allowing DoS and potential code execution.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2025-1081.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(241789);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/07/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-20234", "CVE-2025-20260");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : clamav1.4, clamav1.4-data, clamav1.4-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1081)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1081 advisory.

    A vulnerability in Universal Disk Format (UDF) processing 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 a
    memory overread during UDF file scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a
    crafted file containing UDF 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 . (CVE-2025-20234)

    A vulnerability in the PDF scanning processes of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to
    cause a buffer overflow condition, cause a denial of service (DoS) condition, or execute arbitrary code on
    an affected device.This vulnerability exists because memory buffers are allocated incorrectly when PDF
    files are processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted PDF file to be
    scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to trigger a buffer
    overflow, likely resulting in the termination of the ClamAV scanning process and a DoS condition on the
    affected software. Although unproven, there is also a possibility that an attacker could leverage the
    buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the ClamAV process. (CVE-2025-20260)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2025-1081.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-20234.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-20260.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update clamav1.4 --releasever 2023.8.20250707' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-20260");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/07/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/07/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-filesystem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-freshclam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-freshclam-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-lib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-lib-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-milter");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamav1.4-milter-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamd1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clamd1.4-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-data-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-debugsource-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-debugsource-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-devel-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-devel-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-doc-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-filesystem-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-freshclam-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-freshclam-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-freshclam-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-freshclam-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-lib-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-lib-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-lib-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-lib-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-milter-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-milter-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-milter-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamav1.4-milter-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamd1.4-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamd1.4-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamd1.4-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'clamd1.4-debuginfo-1.4.3-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "clamav1.4 / clamav1.4-data / clamav1.4-debuginfo / etc");
}

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14 Jul 2025 00:00Current
9.2High risk
Vulners AI Score9.2
CVSS 3.17.5 - 9.8
EPSS0.01535
SSVC
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