USN-4230-1: ClamAV vulnerability

USN-4230-1: ClamAV vulnerability

clamav vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• clamav – Anti-virus utility for Unix

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 19.10

clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.2

Ubuntu 19.04

clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

clamav – 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

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

• CVE-2019-15961

Source: USN-4230-1: ClamAV vulnerability