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Gentoo: GLSA-201009-07 Normal: OpenSSH Remote Connection Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2010
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Enhance Clam AntiVirus on Gentoo to rectify several normal severity vulnerabilities. Refer to the advisory for comprehensive information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Clam AntiVirus. For further information, please consult the CVE entries referenced below.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote access clamav

Resolution

All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.96.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0098 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0098 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-1311 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1311 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-1639 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1639 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-1640 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1640

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201009-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 07, 2010
Bugs: #314087, #321157
ID: 201009-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote access clamav

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Clam AntiVirus.

Background

Clam AntiVirus (short: ClamAV) is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.96.1 >= 0.96.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly bypass virus detection or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.