Ubuntu alert USN-3393-2 (clamav)
| From: | "Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-3393-2] ClamAV vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:30:45 -0300 | |
| Message-ID: | <1502998245.20003.6.camel@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3393-2 August 17, 2017 clamav vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV. Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix Details: USN-3393-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e- mail messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6418) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-6419) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PE files with WWPack compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6420) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: clamav 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3393-2 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3393-1 CVE-2017-6418, CVE-2017-6419, CVE-2017-6420 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...