USN-3550-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3550-1
30th January, 2018
clamav vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Software description
- clamav
– Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mail
messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-12376)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mew
packet files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-12377)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain TAR
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12378)
In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV
AppArmor profile.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
clamav
0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
clamav
0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
clamav
0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References
Source: USN-3550-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
