A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-21
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://security.gentoo.org/=
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Severity: High
Title: ClamAV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 23, 2008
Bugs: #245450, #249833
ID: 200812-21
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Synopsis
========
Two vulnerabilities in ClamAV may allow for the remote execution of
arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background
==========
Clam AntiVirus is a free anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed
especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------=
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------=
1 app-antivirus/clamav < 0.94.2 >= 0.94.=
2
Description
===========
Moritz Jodeit reported an off-by-one error within the
get_unicode_name() function in libclamav/vba_extract.c when processing
VBA project files (CVE-2008-5050). Ilja van Sprundel reported an
infinite recursion error within the cli_check_jpeg_exploit() function
in libclamav/special.c when processing JPEG files (CVE-2008-5314).
Impact
======
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted VBA or JPEG file to
the clamd daemon, possibly resulting in the remote execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application
or 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-0.94.2=
"
References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5050
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5050
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-5314
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5314
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-21.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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
