Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200608-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: ClamAV: Heap buffer overflow Date: August 08, 2006 Bugs: #143093 ID: 200608-13
Synopsis
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ClamAV is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in a
Denial of Service and potentially remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.
Affected packages
================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.88.4 >= 0.88.4
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Damian Put has discovered a boundary error in the pefromupx() function
used by the UPX extraction module, which unpacks PE Windows executable
files. Both the "clamscan" command-li...
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