Pardus alert 2011-106 (clamav)

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Meltem Parmaksız <meltem@pardus.org.tr> 
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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-106] clamav: Denial of Service 
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Mon, 8 Aug 2011 16:23:18 +0300
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-106           security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-08-08
      Type: Remote
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been fixed in clamav. 


Description
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CVE-2011-2721: 

An off-by-one error was found in the  way  the  hash  manager  of  Clam 
AntiVirus, a GPL anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, performed scan of messages
with certain hashes. A remote attacker could  provide  a  message  with 
specially-crafted hash signature in it, leading to  denial  of  service 
(clamscan executable crash). 



Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    clamav, all before 0.97-44-15
  Pardus 2011:
    clamav, all before 0.97.2-47-p11


Resolution
==========

There are update(s) for clamav. You can update them via Package Manager 
or with a single command from console: 

  Pardus 2009:
    pisi up clamav

  Pardus 2011:
    pisi up clamav


References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=18796

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