Executive Summary



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Summary
Title ClamAV regression
Informations
Name USN-3722-5 First vendor Publication 2018-09-18
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-09-18
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-3722-1 introduced a regression in ClamAV.

Software Description: - clamav: Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details:

USN-3722-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV. The new package introduced an issue which caused dpkg-reconfigure to enter an infinite loop. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain HWP
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0360)
It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PDF
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-0361)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
clamav 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
clamav 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
clamav 0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3722-5
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3722-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1792051

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.100.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3722-5

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 142
Os 4
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1461.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-03 Name : The antivirus service running on the remote host is affected by multiple vuln...
File : clamav_0_100_1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-07-10 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_d1e9d8c5839b11e896109c5c8e75236a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-09-18 13:18:52
  • First insertion