clamav vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-6497   CVE-2014-9050  

ClamAV could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted file.

Kurt Seifried discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain JavaScript files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6497)

26 November 2014

clamav vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

ClamAV could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted file.

Software Description

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

Kurt Seifried discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain JavaScript files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6497)

Damien Millescamp discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain PE files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9050)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.10
clamav - 0.98.5+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
clamav - 0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
clamav - 0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

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