Ubuntu Security Notice 3550-1 - 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. 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. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3550-1
January 30, 2018
clamav vulnerabilities
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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