[USN-3814-2] ClamAV vulnerabilities

[Alex Murray]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3814-2
November 13, 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-3814-1 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:

 It was discovered libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed 
 CAB files.
 A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to 
 crash, resulting
 in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary 
changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3814-2
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3814-1
  CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
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