USN-754-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.10

Packages

• clamav -

Details

It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify its input when
processing TAR archives. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted
TAR file and cause a denial of service via infinite loop. (CVE-2009-1270)

It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly validate Portable Executable
(PE) files. A remote attacker could send a crafted PE file and cause a
denial of service (divide by zero). (CVE-2008-6680)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 8.10

• libclamav5 - 0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.2

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-6680
• CVE-2009-1270