USN-3814-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

13 November 2018

clamav vulnerabilities

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

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-3814-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libmspack. In Ubuntu 14.04 libmspack is included into ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

clamav - 0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2qGzy2d