clamav vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-3327   CVE-2020-3341  

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

USN-4370-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

21 May 2020

clamav vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Software Description

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-4370-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing ARJ archives. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3327)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-3341)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-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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