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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-08 High: ClamAV Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2014
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Several security flaws identified in ClamAV may allow for arbitrary code execution or cause service disruptions, please update immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution Denial of Service network attack ClamAV

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.98"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2020 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2020 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2021 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2021 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-7087 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7087 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-7088 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7088 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-7089 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-7089

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-08
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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: High
Title: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 16, 2014
Bugs: #462278, #467710
ID: 201405-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code execution Denial of Service network attack ClamAV

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Clam AntiVirus (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 < 0.98 >= 0.98

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file, leading to arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.