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Fedora 41 Clamav 1.0.7 Moderate: Symlink Protection and DoS Fixes

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2024
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Fedora 41 clamav version 1.0.7 fixes symlink vulnerabilities and mitigates DoS threats stemming from recent security concerns.
Update to 1.0.7 CVE-2024-20506: Changed the logging module to disable following symlinks on Linux and Unix systems so as to prevent an attacker with existing access to the 'clamd' ...

Summary

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this

software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning). The

package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command

line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs

are based on a shared library distributed with the Clam AntiVirus package,

which you can use with your own software. The virus database is based on

the virus database from OpenAntiVirus, but contains additional signatures

(including signatures for popular polymorphic viruses, too) and is KEPT UP

TO DATE.

Update Information:

Update to 1.0.7 CVE-2024-20506: Changed the logging module to disable following symlinks on Linux and Unix systems so as to prevent an attacker with existing access to the 'clamd' or 'freshclam' services from using a symlink to corrupt system files. CVE-2024-20505: Fixed a possible out-of-bounds read bug in the PDF file parser that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS clamav out-of-bounds read symlink protection

Change Log

* Thu Sep 5 2024 Yaakov Selkowitz - 1.0.7-1 - Update to 1.0.7 * Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.0.6-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2300593 - clamav: FTBFS in Fedora rawhide/f41 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2300593

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-0d7eb64d90' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Name: clamav
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 1.0.7
Release: 1.fc41
URL: https://www.clamav.net/
Summary: End-user tools for the Clam Antivirus scanner

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora DoS clamav out-of-bounds read symlink protection

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