GLSA 201405-08: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/16/2014
Bugs:	#462278, #467710
ID:	201405-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ClamAV, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-antivirus/clamav	< 0.98	>= 0.98	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ClamAV. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted file, leading to arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

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-0.98"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-08.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.