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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-6420): ClamAV vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-6420): ClamAV vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/17/2017
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

The wwunpack function in libclamav/wwunpack.c in ClamAV 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted PE file with WWPack compression.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-clamav

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