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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3814-3 Critical Denial Of Service in ClamAV

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Calendar Grey November 13, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu 18.04 ESM patch enhances ClamAV's defenses against remote exploitation risks and implements critical revisions.
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-3814-2 fixed several vulnerabilities in clamav. This update

provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB

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

 crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18584,CVE-2018-18585)

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Topics Covered

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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                          0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.2

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3814-3

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3814-1

  CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585

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November 13, 2018

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