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Gentoo: GLSA-200909-04 Normal: ClamAV Remote Exec and DoS Risks

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The recent security advisory regarding ClamAV for Gentoo outlines several vulnerabilities that could potentially facilitate remote code execution or result in denial of service.
Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: September 09, 2009 Bugs: #264834, #265545 ID: 200909-04

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities in ClamAV allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
Background ========= Clam AntiVirus (short: ClamAV) is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.95.2 >= 0.95.2
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV:
* The vendor reported a Divide-by-zero error i...

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