USN-3814-3: ClamAV vulnerabilities

clamav vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-3814-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in clamav. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV 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 12.04 ESM
clamav - 0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.2

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/2z8OVFh