USN-3550-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• 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

• clamav - 0.99.3+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04

• 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

• CVE-2017-12374
• CVE-2017-12375
• CVE-2017-12376
• CVE-2017-12377
• CVE-2017-12378
• CVE-2017-12379
• CVE-2017-12380

Related notices

• USN-3550-2: clamav