USN-3940-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-3940-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PDF
documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-1788)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• clamav - 0.100.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1

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-2019-1787
• CVE-2019-1788
• CVE-2019-1789

Related notices

• USN-3940-1: clamav-daemon, clamdscan, clamav-base, clamav-testfiles, libclamav7, clamav-freshclam, clamav-docs, libclamav-dev, clamav-milter, clamav