[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201009-06 ] Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201009-06

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: September 07, 2010

Bugs: #314087, #321157

ID: 201009-06

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus.

 

Background

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Clam AntiVirus (short: ClamAV) is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX,

designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.96.1 >= 0.96.1

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Clam AntiVirus. For further

information, please consult the CVE entries referenced below.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could possibly bypass virus detection or cause a

Denial of Service.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.96.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0098

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0098

[ 2 ] CVE-2010-1311

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1311

[ 3 ] CVE-2010-1639

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1639

[ 4 ] CVE-2010-1640

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1640

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201009-06.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5