USN-4370-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

USN-4370-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

clamav vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description

• clamav – Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-4370-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing ARJ archives. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3327)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3341)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

clamav – 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

clamav – 0.102.3+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 release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

• USN-4370-1
• CVE-2020-3327
• CVE-2020-3341

Source: USN-4370-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities