Neil McGovern
2005-Sep-23 09:26 UTC
[SECURITY] [DTSA-19-1] New clamav packages fix buffer overflow and infinate loop problems
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-19-1 September 22nd, 2005 secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Neil McGovern http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : clamav Vulnerability : buffer overflow and infinate loop problems Problem-Scope : remote Debian-specific: No CVE ID : CAN-2005-2919 CAN-2005-2920 Multiple security holes were found in clamav: CAN-2005-2919 A possible infinate loop has been discovered in libclamav/fsg.c CAN-2005-2920 A possible buffer overflow has been found in libclamav/upx.c Thanks to Stephen Granan <sgran@debian.org> for the updated packages For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 0.86.2-4etch2 For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 0.87-1 This upgrade is recommended if you use clamav. The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free The archive signing key can be downloaded from http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDM8o097LBwbNFvdMRAodGAJ0UPeh+qr6jeDl+tSTUWfQDx7MyBgCfZvfA BI15sZrBT98L3Ctzk/5dEb8=pfJP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----