Ubuntu Security Notice USN-756-1
13th April, 2009
clamav vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
Software description
- clamav
Details
It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify buffers when
processing Upack files. A remote attacker could send a crafted file and
cause a denial of service via application crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- libclamav5 0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.