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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200605-03">
+ <title>ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">clamav</product>
+ <announced>2006-05-02</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2006-05-02</revised>
+ <bug>131791</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-antivirus/clamav" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.88.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.88.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Freshclam is a utility to download
+ virus signature updates.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Ulf Harnhammar and an anonymous German researcher discovered that
+ Freshclam fails to check the size of the header data returned by a
+ webserver.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By enticing a user to connect to a malicious webserver an attacker
+ could cause the execution of arbitrary code.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1989">CVE-2006-1989</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-05-02T04:03:38Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-05-02T04:54:25Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>