Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3722-1

USN-3722-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 July 2018

Overview

ClamAV could be made to hang if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain HWP
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0360)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0361)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain HWP
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0360)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0361)

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
18.04 bionic	clamav – 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 xenial	clamav – 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 trusty	clamav – 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

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References

USN-3722-2

USN-3722-2