Ubuntu alert USN-3592-1 (clamav)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-3592-1] ClamAV vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:35:39 +0100 | |
| Message-ID: | <2088daa8-e39f-800b-4d92-3712cafb295e@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3592-1 March 08, 2018 clamav vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV. Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix Details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-0202) Hanno Böck discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain XAR files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000085) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: clamav 0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: clamav 0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: clamav 0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3592-1 CVE-2018-0202, CVE-2018-1000085 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.4+addedl... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.4+addedl... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.4+addedl... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...