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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-46
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: ClamAV: Multiple issues
Date: January 31, 2005
Bugs: #78656, #79194
ID: 200501-46
Synopsis
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ClamAV contains two vulnerabilities that could lead to Denial of
Service and evasion of virus scanning.
Background
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ClamAV is an antivirus toolkit. It includes a multi-threaded daemon and
a command line scanner.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-antivirus/clamav <= 0.80 >= 0.81
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ClamAV fails to properly scan ZIP files with special headers(CAN-2005-0133) and base64 encoded images in URLs.
Impact
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By sending a base64 encoded image file in a URL an attack...
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