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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3814-2
November 13, 2018
clamav vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Software Description:
- clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details:
USN-3814-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in libmspack. In Ubuntu
14.04
libmspack is included into ClamAV. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed
CAB files.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to
crash, resulting
in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
clamav 0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3814-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3814-1
CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
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