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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3592-2 Critical: ClamAV Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2018
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A multitude of security flaws in ClamAV have been resolved by Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3592-2, which tackles potential denial of service threats.
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description:

- clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details:

USN-3592-1 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 PDF

 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-2018-0202)

 Hanno Böck discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain

 XAR files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to

 crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000085)

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  clamav                          0.99.4+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

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

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3592-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3592-1

  CVE-2018-0202, CVE-2018-1000085

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