Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1031-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Arkadiusz Miskiewicz and others discovered that the PDF processing code in libclamav improperly validated input. This could allow a remote attacker to craft a PDF document that could crash clamav or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-4260, CVE-2010-4479)
It was discovered that an off-by-one error in the icon_cb function in pe_icons.c in libclamav could allow an attacker to corrupt memory, causing clamav to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2010-4261)
In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the clamav AppArmor profile.
Affected
clamav vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-4260, CVE-2010-4261, CVE-2010-4479 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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