Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for clamav. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for clamav
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17448
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17448/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for clamav. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA17434
SA17184
SOLUTION:
Update to "app-antivirus/clamav-0.87.1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-04.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17434:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17434/
SA17184:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17184/
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