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Gentoo: GLSA-201209-08 Moderate: SquidClamav Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux users face risks from a Denial of Service exploit in SquidClamav. It is advised to update to the latest version to mitigate vulnerabilities. More details are available
A vulnerability in SquidClamav may result in Denial of Service.

Summary

SquidClamav does not properly escape URLs before passing them to the system command call.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity squidclamav

Resolution

All SquidClamav users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squidclamav-6.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-3501 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3501 [ 2 ] SquidClamav News

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-08
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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: SquidClamav: Denial of Service
Date: September 24, 2012
Bugs: #428778
ID: 201209-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity squidclamav

Synopsis

A vulnerability in SquidClamav may result in Denial of Service.

Background

SquidClamav is a HTTP anti-virus for Squid based on ClamAV and ICAP.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-proxy/squidclamav < 6.8 >= 6.8

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL to SquidClamav, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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