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Gentoo: GLSA-201512-08 Important: ClamAV Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey December 30, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in ClamAV can cause Denial of Service; it is advised for Gentoo Linux users to upgrade promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Summary

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

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security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities ClamAV

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.98.7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9328 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9328 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-1461 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1461 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-1462 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1462 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-1463 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1463 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-2170 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2170 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-2221 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2221 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-2222 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2222 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-2668 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2668

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-08
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 30, 2015
Bugs: #538084, #548066
ID: 201512-08

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security advisory Gentoo Denial of Service multiple vulnerabilities ClamAV

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.98.7 >= 0.98.7

Impact

===== A remote attacker could cause ClamAV to scan a specially crafted file, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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