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Debian Security Advisory DSA 824-1 (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 824-1. Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Clam AntiVirus, the antivirus scanner for Unix, designed for integration with mail servers to perform attachment scanning. The following problems were identified: CVE-2005-2919 A potentially infinite loop could lead to a denial of service. CVE-2005-2920 A buffer overflow could lead to a denial of service. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain ClamAV packages.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.4. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.87-1. We recommend that you upgrade your clamav package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20824-1