USN-4146-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities
2 October 2019
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Releases
Packages
- clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking ZIP files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12625)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking bzip2 files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12900)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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-4146-2: libclamav-dev, clamav-testfiles, clamav-daemon, clamav-freshclam, clamav-docs, clamav-milter, clamav-base, clamav, libclamav9
- USN-4038-1: libbz2-1.0, bzip2, bzip2-doc, libbz2-dev
- USN-4038-2: libbz2-1.0, bzip2, lib32bz2-dev, bzip2-doc, lib64bz2-1.0, lib64bz2-dev, libbz2-dev, lib32bz2-1.0