USN-4370-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

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 20.04

• clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 19.10

• clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• clamav - 0.102.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

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-2020-3327
• CVE-2020-3341

Related notices

• USN-4370-2: libclamav-dev, clamav-freshclam, libclamav9, clamav-milter, clamav-testfiles, clamav-base, clamav, clamav-daemon, clamav-docs
• USN-4435-1: libclamav-dev, clamav-freshclam, libclamav9, clamav-milter, clamav-testfiles, clamav-base, clamav, clamdscan, clamav-daemon, clamav-docs
• USN-4435-2: libclamav-dev, clamav-freshclam, libclamav9, clamav-milter, clamav-testfiles, clamav-base, clamav, clamav-daemon, clamav-docs