[ GLSA 200612-18 ] ClamAV: Denial of Service

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <suppressed>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200612-18
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: ClamAV: Denial of Service
      Date: December 18, 2006
      Bugs: #157698
        ID: 200612-18

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Synopsis
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ClamAV is vulnerable to Denial of Service.

Background
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ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.

Affected packages
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     Package               /  Vulnerable  /                 Unaffected
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  1  app-antivirus/clamav      < 0.88.7                      >= 0.88.7

Description
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Hendrik Weimer discovered that ClamAV fails to properly handle deeply
nested MIME multipart/mixed content.

Impact
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By sending a specially crafted email with deeply nested MIME
multipart/mixed content an attacker could cause ClamAV to crash.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.7"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6481
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6481

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-200612-18.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
suppressed or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 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

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