USN-4146-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
clamav vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 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 unpacking ZIP files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12625)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking bzip2 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-2019-12900)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- clamav – 0.101.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- clamav – 0.101.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- clamav – 0.101.4+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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-4146-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
