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openSUSE 13.2: 2015:0285-1 Important: Clamav DoS Threats and Fixes

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2015
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This critical update report highlights various enhancements for clamav on openSUSE, safeguarding the system's security.
An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available

Description

clamav was updated to version 0.98.6 that fixes bugs and several security

issues:

* bsc#916217, CVE-2015-1461: Remote attackers can have unspecified impact

via Yoda's crypter or mew packer files.

* bsc#916214, CVE-2015-1462: Unspecified impact via acrafted upx packer

file.

* bsc#916215, CVE-2015-1463: Remote attackers can cause a denial

of service via a crafted petite packer file.

* bsc#915512, CVE-2014-9328: heap out of bounds condition with crafted

upack packer files.

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-147=1

- openSUSE 13.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-147=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

clamav-0.98.6-2.13.1

clamav-debuginfo-0.98.6-2.13.1

clamav-debugsource-0.98.6-2.13.1

- openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

clamav-0.98.6-30.1

clamav-debuginfo-0.98.6-30.1

clamav-debugsource-0.98.6-30.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9328.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1461.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1462.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1463.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915512

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916214

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916215

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916217

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2015:0285-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 openSUSE 13.1 .

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