1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1179-1

USN-1179-1: ClamAV vulnerability

Publication date

28 July 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted input to ClamAV and cause it to crash.

Releases

Packages

  • clamav - anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface

Details

It was discovered that the hash processing code in libclamav improperly
handled messages with certain hashes. This could allow a remote attacker to
craft a document that could cause clamav to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.

It was discovered that the hash processing code in libclamav improperly
handled messages with certain hashes. This could allow a remote attacker to
craft a document that could cause clamav to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.

Update instructions

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
11.04 natty libclamav6 –  0.97+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1

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