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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes ClamAV Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes ClamAV Code Execution Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1634
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0314 - CVE-2008-1100 - CVE-2008-1387 - CVE-2008-1833 - CVE-2008-1835 - CVE-2008-1836 - CVE-2008-1837
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-26

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by errors in ClamAV. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1218 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1227

Affected Products

app-antivirus/clamav versions prior to 0.93

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=app-antivirus/clamav-0.93"

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1634
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-19.xml

ChangeLog

2008-05-26 : Initial release

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