Stay Secure with the Latest Linux Advisories

security advisoryFedorabug fix

Fedora 22 ClamAV Upgrade Critical: PDF Processing Improvements

ClamAV 0.98.7 This release contains new scanning features and bug fixes. - Improvements to PDF processing: decryption, escape sequence handling, and file property collection. - Scanning/analysis of additional Microsoft Office 2003 XML format.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-7346 2015-05-01 11:29:18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : clamav Product : Fedora 22 Version : 0.98.7 Release : 1.fc22 URL : http://www.clamav.net Summary : End-user tools for the Clam Antivirus scanner Description : Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning). The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs are based on a shared library distributed with the Clam AntiVirus package, which you can use with your own software. The virus database is based on the virus database from OpenAntiVirus, but contains additional signatures (including signatures for popular polymorphic viruses, too) and is KEPT UP TO DATE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: ClamAV 0.98.7 ============ This release contains new scanning features and bug fixes. - Improvements to PDF processing: decryption, escape sequence handling, and file property collection. - Scanning/analysis of additional Microsoft Office 2003 XML format. - Fix infinite loop condition on crafted y0da cryptor file. Identified and patch suggested by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2221. - Fix crash on crafted petite packed file. Reported and patch supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2222. - Fix false negatives on files within iso9660 containers. This issue was reported by Minzhuan Gong. - Fix a couple crashes on crafted upackpacked file. Identified and patches supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. - Fix a crash during algorithmic detection on crafted PE file. Identified and patch supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. - Fix an infinite loop condition on a crafted "xz" archive file. This was reported by Dimitri Kirchner and Goulven Guiheux. CVE-2015-2668. - Fix compilation error after ./configure --disable-pthreads. Reported and fix suggested by John E. Krokes. - Apply upstream patch for possible heap overflow in Henry Spencer's regex library. CVE-2015-2305. - Fix crash in upx decoder with crafted file. Discovered and patch supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2170. - Fix segfault scanning certain HTML files. Reported with sample by Kai Risku. - Improve detections within xar/pkg files. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1217206 - CVE-2015-2221: clamav Infinite loop condition on crafted y0da cryptor file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217206 [ 2 ] Bug #1217207 - CVE-2015-2222 clamav: crash on crafted petite packed file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217207 [ 3 ] Bug #1217208 - CVE-2015-2668 clamav: Infinite loop condition on a crafted "xz" archive file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217208 [ 4 ] Bug #1217209 - CVE-2015-2170: clamav: Crash in upx decoder with crafted file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217209 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update clamav' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . Updates feature enhanced document handling and corrections for manipulated file failures in ClamAV on Fedora 22.. ClamAV Security Update, Antivirus Toolkit, PDF Enhancements. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 03, 2015 •Critical Fedora