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Gentoo GLSA-201904-12 Normal: ClamAV Denial Of Service Exploit

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple security flaws discovered in ClamAV pose serious Denial of Service threats. Immediate upgrade is essential to ensure system safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.101.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-0360 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0360 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-0361 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0361 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-15378 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15378 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-1785 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1785 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-1786 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1786 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-1787 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1787 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-1788 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1788 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-1789 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1789 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-1798 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1798

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-12
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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: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 08, 2019
Bugs: #660820, #667900, #681840
ID: 201904-12

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.101.2 >= 0.101.2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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