usn-4918-3
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-05-03 22:20
Modified
2026-06-29 10:52
Summary
clamav regression
Details

USN-4918-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV. The updated package could fail to properly scan in some situations. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing Excel documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1252)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF documents. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1404)

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing email. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1405)

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        "0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04.1"
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-4918-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV. The updated package could\nfail to properly scan in some situations. This update fixes\nthe problem.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing Excel documents.\n A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to hang,\n resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1252)\n\n It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing PDF documents. A\n remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash,\n resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1404)\n\n It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled parsing email. A remote\n attacker could possibly use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting\n in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-1405)\n",
  "id": "USN-4918-3",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:52:49Z",
  "published": "2021-05-03T22:20:06Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4918-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1926300"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "clamav regression",
  "upstream": []
}



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