USN-4146-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities
3 October 2019
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.
Releases
Packages
- clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix
Details
USN-4146-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking ZIP files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12625)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled unpacking bzip2 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-2019-12900)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
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
Related notices
- USN-4146-1: clamav-testfiles, clamav-freshclam, clamav, clamdscan, clamav-daemon, libclamav-dev, clamav-milter, clamav-base, clamav-docs, libclamav9
- USN-4038-1: bzip2, libbz2-1.0, libbz2-dev, bzip2-doc
- USN-4038-2: lib32bz2-1.0, lib64bz2-dev, bzip2-doc, libbz2-1.0, libbz2-dev, lib64bz2-1.0, bzip2, lib32bz2-dev