usn-2594-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-05-05 17:09
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
clamav vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV AppArmor profile.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2170",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2221",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2222",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2305",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2668",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-base",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-daemon",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-docs",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-freshclam",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-milter",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "clamav-testfiles",
            "binary_version": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclamav6",
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          }
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      },
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        "name": "clamav",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/clamav@0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.98.7+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that ClamAV incorrectly handled certain malformed files.\nA remote attacker could use this issue to cause ClamAV to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n\nIn the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the ClamAV\nAppArmor profile.\n",
  "id": "USN-2594-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:21Z",
  "published": "2015-05-05T17:09:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2594-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2170"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2221"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2222"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2305"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2668"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "clamav vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2170",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2221",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2222",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2305",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2668"
  ]
}



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