USN-2594-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2594-1

5th May, 2015

clamav vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu (vivid)
• Ubuntu 14.10
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

ClamAV could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software description

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed files.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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 (vivid):

clamav 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.10:

clamav 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

clamav 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

clamav 0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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-2015-2170, CVE-2015-2221, CVE-2015-2222, CVE-2015-2305, CVE-2015-2668

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