USN-5887-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

Simon Scannell discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing
HFS+ files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service,
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-20032)

Simon Scannell discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing
DMG files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20052)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• clamav - 0.103.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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-2023-20032
• CVE-2023-20052