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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2006-0072
Package names: clamav
Summary: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: 2006-12-15
Affected versions: Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
Trustix Secure Linux 3.0
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Package description:
clamav
Clam AntiVirus is a GPL anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of
this software is the integration with mail servers (attachment scanning).
The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a
command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet.
The programs are based on a shared library distributed with package,
which you can use with your own software. Most importantly, the virus
database is kept up to date .
Problem description:
clamav < TSL 3.0 > < TSL 2.2 >
- New Upstream.
- SECURITY Fix: Hendrik Weimer has reported a vulnerability in ClamAV,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a stack overflow when
scanning messages with deeply nested multipart content. This can be
exploited to crash the service by sending specially crafted emails
to a vulnerable system.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the
name CVE-2006-6481 to this issue.
Action:
We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded.
Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this
package, you may want to remove it from your system.
Location:
All Trustix Secure Linux updates are available from