clamav vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-3123  

ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the Data-Loss-Prevention (DLP) feature was enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

18 February 2020

clamav vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 19.10
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

ClamAV could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled memory when the Data-Loss-Prevention (DLP) feature was enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10
clamav - 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
clamav - 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
clamav - 0.102.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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

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