CVE-2010-4260

Publication date 7 December 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in pdf.c in libclamav in ClamAV before 0.96.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document, aka (1) "bb #2358" and (2) "bb #2396."

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
clamav 10.10 maverick
Fixed 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.0.10.04.2
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

0.96 only. Affected code in libclamav/pdf.c:find_stream_bounds(), filter_flatedecode(), and find_length(), none of which are in 0.95. the affected code was introduced in patch series culminating in 208ecece9c657b4e2a3e9d3ce9b6c58f471d7884 ("New PDF parser with better javascript support (bb #1596)"

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
clamav

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1031-1
    • ClamAV vulnerabilities
    • 10 December 2010

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