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Gentoo: GLSA-200605-03 Normal: ClamAV Freshclam Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The freshclam utility within ClamAV exhibits a vulnerability tied to a buffer overflow, which poses a significant risk that must be addressed for the safety of Gentoo system users.
Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-03 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam Date: May 02, 2006 Bugs: #131791 ID: 200605-03

Synopsis ======= Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Freshclam is a utility to download virus signature updates.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.88.2 >= 0.88.2
========== Ulf Harnhammar and an anonymous German researcher discovered that Freshclam fails to check the size of the header data returned by a webserver.
Impact ===== ...

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