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Debian Security Advisory DSA 737-1 (clamav)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to clamav announced via advisory DSA 737-1. A number of potential remote DOS vulnerabilities have been identified in ClamAV. In addition to the four issues identified by CVE ID above, there are fixes for issues in libclamav/cvd.c and libclamav/message.c. Together, these issues could allow a carefully crafted message to crash a ClamAV scanner or exhaust various resources on the machine running the scanner.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.1. We recommend that you upgrade your clamav package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20737-1