GLSA 200612-18: ClamAV: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | ClamAV: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 12/18/2006 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200612-18 |
Synopsis
ClamAV is vulnerable to Denial of Service.Background
ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-antivirus/clamav | < 0.88.7 | >= 0.88.7 | All supported architectures |
Description
Hendrik Weimer discovered that ClamAV fails to properly handle deeply nested MIME multipart/mixed content.
Impact
By sending a specially crafted email with deeply nested MIME multipart/mixed content an attacker could cause ClamAV to crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.7"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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