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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-3728-2 Critical ClamAV Threat Resolved

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Calendar Grey August 2, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security patches addressing various vulnerabilities in ClamAV for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS have been issued. Perform an update to maintain system security.
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-3728-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libmspack. In Ubuntu 14.04

libmspack is included into ClamAV. This update provides the

corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM

 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

 service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)

 Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ

 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary

 code. (CVE-2018-14681)

 Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly certain CHM

 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary

 code. (CVE-2018-14682)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue arbitrary code execution ubuntu clamav

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3728-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3728-1

  CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680, CVE-2018-14681, CVE-2018-14682

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August 01, 2018

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue arbitrary code execution ubuntu clamav

Package Information

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04.3

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