USN-3393-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3393-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3393-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3393-1
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Published
2017-08-17T16:58:06.640599Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:28Z
Summary
clamav vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain e-mail messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6418)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV AppArmor profile. (CVE-2017-6419)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing certain PE files with WWPack compression. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6420)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu4
0.97.8+dfsg-1ubuntu5
0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu4
0.98.1+dfsg-1ubuntu5
0.98.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2
0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1
0.98.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1
0.98.5+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-daemon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-freshclam"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-milter"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-testfiles"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libclamav-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+addedllvm-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libclamav7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2017-6418"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2017-6419"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2017-6420"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
    }
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / clamav

Package

Name
clamav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu4
0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu5
0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1
0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-daemon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-freshclam"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-milter"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamav-testfiles"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "clamdscan"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libclamav-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.99.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2",
            "binary_name": "libclamav7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2017-6418"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "type": "CVSS_V3",
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "Ubuntu",
                        "score": "medium"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2017-6420"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
    }
}