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Debian 7 Wheezy DLA-1307-1 Critical: ClamAV Heap Overflow DoS

debian lts
Calendar Grey March 16, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
The recent ClamAV security patch tackles issues linked to heap overflow vulnerabilities and potential denial-of-service threats. Users are urged to perform an upgrade.
Some vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, an open source antivirus engine:
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Summary

CVE-2018-0202

It was found that ClamAV didn't process certain PDF files correctly,
relating to a heap overflow. Specially crafted PDFs could yield ClamAV
to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service or potentially execution of
arbitrary code.

CVE-2018-1000085

Hanno B?ck discovered that ClamAV didn't process XAR files correctly.
Malformed XAR files could cause ClamAV to crash by an out of bounds
heap read. This could result in a denial-of-service.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
0.99.4+dfsg-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your clamav packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: clamav
Version: 0.99.4+dfsg-1+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-0202 CVE-2018-1000085

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