========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3550-1 January 30, 2018
clamav vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV. Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix Details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mail messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12376) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain mew packet files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12377) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain TAR files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12378) 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 versions: Ubuntu 17.10: clamav 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: clamav 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: clamav 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 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: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3550-1 CVE-2017-12374, CVE-2017-12375, CVE-2017-12376, CVE-2017-12377, CVE-2017-12378, CVE-2017-12379, CVE-2017-12380 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
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