=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1773-1
March 21, 2013

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

- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

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

Details:

Felix Groebert, Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind discovered multiple
security issues with ClamAV. An attacker could use these issues to cause
ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  clamav                          0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
  clamav-daemon                   0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
  libclamav6                      0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  clamav-daemon                   0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  libclamav6                      0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  clamav                          0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
  clamav-daemon                   0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
  libclamav6                      0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  clamav                          0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  clamav-daemon                   0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
  libclamav6                      0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1773-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/1157385

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1


Ubuntu 1773-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

March 21, 2013
Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.10: clamav 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 clamav-daemon 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 libclamav6 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: clamav 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 clamav-daemon 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 libclamav6 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 Ubuntu 11.10: clamav 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 clamav-daemon 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 libclamav6 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: clamav 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 clamav-daemon 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 libclamav6 0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1773-1

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1157385

Severity
March 21, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/0.97.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10.04.1

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