USN-3722-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

24 July 2018

clamav vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

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

Software Description

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain HWP files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0360)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0361)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

clamav - 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

clamav - 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

clamav - 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1

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

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2LJbeFH