1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3592-1

USN-3592-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 March 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 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)

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

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 –  0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 xenial clamav –  0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty clamav –  0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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