Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-3940-2 Severe: ClamAV Service Interruption

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April 8, 2019

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description:

- clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PDF

documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV

to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2

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-2019-1788)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE

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

crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote attack ubuntu clamav

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.