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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-25.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-25.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0b2ea759 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-25.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200507-25"> + <title>Clam AntiVirus: Integer overflows</title> + <synopsis> + Clam AntiVirus is vulnerable to integer overflows when handling several + file formats, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">clamav</product> + <announced>July 26, 2005</announced> + <revised>August 11, 2005: 02</revised> + <bug>100178</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-antivirus/clamav" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.86.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.86.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Clam AntiVirus is a GPL anti-virus toolkit, designed for integration + with mail servers to perform attachment scanning. Clam AntiVirus also + provides a command line scanner and a tool for fetching updates of the + virus database. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Neel Mehta and Alex Wheeler discovered that Clam AntiVirus is + vulnerable to integer overflows when handling the TNEF, CHM and FSG + file formats. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + By sending a specially-crafted file an attacker could execute arbitrary + code with the permissions of the user running Clam AntiVirus. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Clam AntiVirus users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.86.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2450">CAN-2005-2450</uri> + <uri link="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=344514">Clam AntiVirus: Release Notes</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:48:24 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:44:22 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:33:43 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |