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Gentoo: 201110-20 High: ClamAV Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Significant security flaws detected in Clam AntiVirus could enable unauthorized code execution and lead to Denial of Service incidents.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Clam AntiVirus, the most severe of which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Clam AntiVirus. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities clamav

Resolution

All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.97.3"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 27, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0405 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0405 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-3434 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3434 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-4260 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4260 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-4261 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4261 [ 5 ] CVE-2010-4479 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4479 [ 6 ] CVE-2011-1003 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1003 [ 7 ] CVE-2011-2721 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2721 [ 8 ] CVE-2011-3627 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3627

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-20
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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: High
Title: Clam AntiVirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 23, 2011
Bugs: #338226, #347627, #354019, #378815, #387521
ID: 201110-20

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote code execution multiple vulnerabilities clamav

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Clam AntiVirus, the most severe of which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

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 < 0.97.3 >= 0.97.3

Impact

===== An unauthenticated remote attacker may execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Clam AntiVirus process or cause a Denial of Service by causing an affected user or system to scan a crafted file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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