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  2. USN-6303-2

USN-6303-2: ClamAV vulnerability

Publication date

21 August 2023

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-6303-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HFS+ files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

USN-6303-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HFS+ files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

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 –  0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial clamav –  0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1  
14.04 trusty clamav –  0.103.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1  

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