1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200812-21 / clamav |
| Release Date | December 23, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | December 23, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-antivirus/clamav | < 0.94.2 | >= 0.94.2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #245450, #249833
Two vulnerabilities in ClamAV may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Clam AntiVirus is a free anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
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).
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.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.94.2" |