[USN-3550-1] ClamAV vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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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


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