USN-3940-1

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    USN-3940-1

    Published: 8 Apr 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: clamav vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PDF documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1787) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain OLE2 files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-1788) It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled scanning certain PE files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1789)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3940-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1787, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1788, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1789

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: clamav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.100.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
    0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High