USN-3940-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
clamav vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- 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 scanning certain PDF
documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2
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-2019-1788)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- clamav – 0.100.3+dfsg-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-3940-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
