========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1179-1 July 28, 2011 clamav vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.04 Summary: An attacker could send crafted input to ClamAV and cause it to crash. Software Description: - clamav: anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface Details: It was discovered that the hash processing code in libclamav improperly handled messages with certain hashes. This could allow a remote attacker to craft a document that could cause clamav to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: libclamav6 0.97+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1179-1 CVE-2011-2721 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1