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Gentoo GLSA 200509-13 High: Clam AntiVirus DoS and Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 19, 2005
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Flaws in Clam AntiVirus can result in Denial of Service or the potential execution of unauthorized commands. It is advisable to upgrade to the most recent release for enhanced security.
Clam AntiVirus is subject to vulnerabilities ranging from Denial of Service to execution of arbitrary code when handling compressed executables

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: September 19, 2005 Bugs: #106279 ID: 200509-13

Synopsis ======= Clam AntiVirus is subject to vulnerabilities ranging from Denial of Service to execution of arbitrary code when handling compressed executables.
Background ========= Clam AntiVirus is a GPL anti-virus toolkit, designed for integration with mail servers to perform attachment scanning. Clam AntiVirus also provides a command line scanner and a tool for fetching updates of the virus database.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-an...

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