GLSA 200708-04: ClamAV: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ClamAV: Denial of Service
Date:	08/09/2007
Bugs:	#185013
ID:	200708-04

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in ClamAV, allowing for a Denial of Service.

Background

ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-antivirus/clamav	< 0.91	>= 0.91	All supported architectures

Description

Metaeye Security Group reported a NULL pointer dereference in ClamAV when processing RAR archives.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted RAR archive to the clamd daemon, resulting in a crash and a Denial of Service.

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-0.91"

References

CVE-2007-3725

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-04.xml

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.