USN-684-1: ClamAV vulnerability
Publication date
2 December 2008
Overview
ClamAV vulnerability
Releases
Packages
- clamav -
Details
Ilja van Sprundel discovered that ClamAV did not handle recursive JPEG
information. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted JPEG file,
ClamAV would crash, leading to a denial of service.
Ilja van Sprundel discovered that ClamAV did not handle recursive JPEG
information. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted JPEG file,
ClamAV would crash, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.10 intrepid | libclamav5 – 0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.1 | ||
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