USN-3814-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities
13 November 2018
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Releases
Packages
- clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details
Updated: 2018-11-21: The embedded version of libmspack in ClamAV was
found to not be affected by the listed vulnerabilities, therefore the
following is not applicable.
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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3814-1: libmspack-dev, libmspack-doc, libmspack, libmspack0
- USN-3814-3: clamav