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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..15fd2f2f2261 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200506-23.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200506-23"> + <title>Clam AntiVirus: Denial of Service vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + Clam AntiVirus is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when processing + certain Quantum archives. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">clamav</product> + <announced>2005-06-27</announced> + <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised> + <bug>96960</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-antivirus/clamav" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.86.1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.86.1</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> + Andrew Toller and Stefan Kanthak discovered that a flaw in libmspack's + Quantum archive decompressor renders Clam AntiVirus vulnerable to a + Denial of Service attack. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of + Service by sending a specially crafted Quantum archive to the server. + </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 available + version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.86.1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337279">Clam AntiVirus Release Notes</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2056">CVE-2005-2056</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-06-24T22:27:44Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-06-24T23:09:26Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-06-26T16:53:15Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |