USN-3814-3: 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-3814-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in clamav. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB files.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV 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 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.