USN-4066-2: ClamAV vulnerability

Publication date

22 July 2019

Overview

ClamAV could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted CHM file.

Releases

14.04 LTS 12.04

Packages

USN-4066-1 fixed a vulnerability in libmspack. This update provides
the corresponding update for ClamAV in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

USN-4066-1 fixed a vulnerability in libmspack. This update provides
the corresponding update for ClamAV in Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
14.04 trusty	clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
12.04 precise	clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.2

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