[USN-3940-1] ClamAV vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3940-1
April 08, 2019

clamav vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- 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 scanning certain PDF
documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2
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-2019-1788)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-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://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3940-1
  CVE-2019-1787, CVE-2019-1788, CVE-2019-1789

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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