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Gentoo: GLSA-200706-05 Moderate: ClamAV Denial of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
ClamAV encounters significant challenges leading to potential service interruptions; it is crucial for users to promptly update their software.
ClamAV contains several vulnerabilities leading to a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200706-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: ClamAV: Multiple Denials of Service Date: June 15, 2007 Bugs: #178082 ID: 200706-05

Synopsis ======= ClamAV contains several vulnerabilities leading to a Denial of Service.
Background ========= ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.90.3 >= 0.90.3
========== Several vulnerabilities were discovered in ClamAV by various researchers:
* Victor Stinner (INL) discovered that the OLE2 parser may enter in an infinite loop (CVE-2007-2650).
* A boundary error was also reported by an anonymous researcher in...

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