1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3550-1

USN-3550-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Publication date

30 January 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Releases

Packages

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mail
messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380)

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-2017-12376)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mew
packet files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mail
messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380)

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-2017-12376)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mew
packet 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-2017-12377)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain TAR
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12378)

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV
AppArmor profile.

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.10 artful clamav –  0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 xenial clamav –  0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty clamav –  0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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