[USN-4370-1] ClamAV vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4370-1
May 21, 2020

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

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 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 ARJ archives. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3327)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3341)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 19.10:
  clamav                          0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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/4370-1
  CVE-2020-3327, CVE-2020-3341

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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