=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3393-2 August 17, 2017 clamav vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV. Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix Details: USN-3393-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e- mail messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6418) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-6419) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PE files with WWPack compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6420) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: clamav 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-2 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-1 CVE-2017-6418, CVE-2017-6419, CVE-2017-6420
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: clamav 0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-1
CVE-2017-6418, CVE-2017-6419, CVE-2017-6420
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