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[CLA-2005:928] Conectiva Security Announcement - clamav

From: Conectiva Updates (secureconectiva.com.br)
Date: Thu Mar 03 2005 - 12:38:05 CST


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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : clamav
SUMMARY : Fix for denial of service in clamav
DATE : 2005-03-03 14:40:00
ID : CLA-2005:928
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 10

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DESCRIPTION
 Clamav[1] is an anti-virus utility for Unix/Linux.
 
 This announcement updates clamav so it is able to update its database
 from the server without any problems related to its format and also
 because it fixes a security issue which could lead to a denial of
 service[2] situation.

SOLUTION
 It is recommended that all clamav users upgrade their packages. This
 update will automatically restart the service if it is already
 running.
 
 
 REFERENCES
 1.http://www.clamav.net/
 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0133

UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/SRPMS/clamav-0.83-70136U10_7cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/clamav-0.83-70136U10_7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/clamav-database-0.83.20041125-70136U10_7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libclamav-devel-0.83-70136U10_7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libclamav-devel-static-0.83-70136U10_7cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/RPMS/libclamav1-0.83-70136U10_7cl.i386.rpm

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

 - run: apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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