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Ubuntu: USN-5233-1 Severe: ClamAV Crash Risk Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 18, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-5234-1 highlights a vulnerability in OpenSSH leading to potential exploits via malformed packets. Update promptly.
ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu severe clamav crash risk

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.10: clamav 0.103.5+dfsg-1~21.10.1 Ubuntu 21.04: clamav 0.103.5+dfsg-1~21.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: clamav 0.103.5+dfsg-1~20.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: clamav 0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2022-20698

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu severe clamav crash risk

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.103.5+dfsg-1~21.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.103.5+dfsg-1~21.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.103.5+dfsg-1~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.103.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

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