USN-4230-2: ClamAV vulnerability
USN-4230-2: ClamAV vulnerability clamav vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description clamav – Anti-virus utility for Unix Details USN-4230-1 fixed a vulnerability in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain MIME messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. This update uses a new upstream [ more… ]