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Gentoo: GLSA-202003-46 Low Severity ClamAV Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various security flaws in ClamAV for Gentoo might trigger Denial of Service issues. It's advised to perform an upgrade to maintain system integrity.
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service threat assessment ClamAV

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.102.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-15961 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15961 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-3123 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3123

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-46
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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: Low
Title: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 19, 2020
Bugs: #702010, #708424
ID: 202003-46

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues low severity Denial of Service threat assessment ClamAV

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 < 0.102.2 >= 0.102.2

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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