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Gentoo: GLSA-202204-08 Low Severity: ClamAV Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A security flaw in ClamAV may result in Denial of Service. Gentoo users can find update steps included.
A vulnerability in ClamAV could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in ClamAV. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update gentoo low severity service interruption clamav

Resolution

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.103.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-1405 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1405

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-07
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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: Denial of Service
Date: April 30, 2021
Bugs: #780894
ID: 202104-07

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security advisory denial of service update gentoo low severity service interruption clamav

Synopsis

A vulnerability in ClamAV could lead to 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 < 0.103.2 >= 0.103.2

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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