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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA737] DSA-737-1 clamav Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-737-1 clamav
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
A number of potential remote denial of service 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.
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.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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