[USN-3728-2] ClamAV vulnerabilities
Leonidas S. Barbosa
leo.barbosa at canonical.com
Thu Aug 2 13:50:56 UTC 2018
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3728-2
August 01, 2018
clamav vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Software Description:
- clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details:
USN-3728-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libmspack. In Ubuntu 14.04
libmspack is included into ClamAV. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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 14.04 LTS:
clamav 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3728-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3728-1
CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680, CVE-2018-14681, CVE-2018-14682
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.
04.3
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