USN-4230-1: ClamAV vulnerability
8 January 2020
ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain MIME messages. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
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
Related notices
- USN-4230-2: clamav-docs, clamav-base, clamav-freshclam, clamav-testfiles, clamav-daemon, clamav, libclamav9, clamav-milter, libclamav-dev