GLSA 201412-05: Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Clam AntiVirus: Denial of service |
| Date: | 12/09/2014 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 201412-05 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Clam AntiVirus can lead to a Denial of Service condition.Background
Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-antivirus/clamav | < 0.98.5 | >= 0.98.5 | All supported architectures |
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the cli_scanpe function in libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV.
Impact
A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.98.5"
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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