1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5423-2

USN-5423-2: ClamAV vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 May 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ClamAV.

Releases

Packages

  • clamav - Anti-virus utility for Unix

Details

USN-5423-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop
responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20770)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing TIFF
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20771)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HTML
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20785)

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USN-5423-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in ClamAV. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing CHM files.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to stop
responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20770)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing TIFF
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20771)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing HTML
files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-20785)

Michał Dardas discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled loading the
signature database. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20792)

Alexander Patrakov and Antoine Gatineau discovered that ClamAV incorrectly
handled the scan verdict cache check. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2022-20796)

Update instructions

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial clamav –  0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1  
14.04 trusty clamav –  0.103.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1  

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