1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1773-1

USN-1773-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 March 2013

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Releases

Packages

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

Felix Groebert, Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind discovered multiple
security issues with ClamAV. An attacker could use these issues to cause
ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Felix Groebert, Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind discovered multiple
security issues with ClamAV. An attacker could use these issues to cause
ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

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
12.10 quantal libclamav6 –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
clamav –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
clamav-daemon –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise libclamav6 –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
clamav –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
clamav-daemon –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric libclamav6 –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
clamav –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
clamav-daemon –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
10.04 lucid libclamav6 –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
clamav –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
clamav-daemon –  0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

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References

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