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1.8 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200605-03">
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<title>ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam</title>
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<synopsis>
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Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution
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of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">clamav</product>
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<announced>2006-05-02</announced>
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<revised count="01">2006-05-02</revised>
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<bug>131791</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-antivirus/clamav" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.88.2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.88.2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Freshclam is a utility to download
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virus signature updates.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Ulf Harnhammar and an anonymous German researcher discovered that
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Freshclam fails to check the size of the header data returned by a
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webserver.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By enticing a user to connect to a malicious webserver an attacker
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could cause the execution of arbitrary code.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.2"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1989">CVE-2006-1989</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-05-02T04:03:38Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-05-02T04:54:25Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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