Thursday, August 2, 2018

USN-3728-3: 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-3728-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)

Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14681)

Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14682)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
clamav - 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.3

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/2vwmBKb

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