Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for clamav. This fixes some vulnerabilities, where one vulnerability has an unknown impact and others can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
d06336a70fe0fcd75823e57bae9335e8fed4dd48e3ee0f5c8a914494d72d5e0e
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A new version (0.9.0.0 - Release Candidate 1) of the free Secunia PSI
has been released. The new version includes many new and advanced
features, which makes it even easier to stay patched.
Download and test it today:
https://psi.secunia.com/
Read more about this new version:
https://psi.secunia.com/?page=changelog
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE:
Gentoo update for clamav
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28278
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28278/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
Unknown, 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, where one vulnerability has an unknown impact and
others can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA28117
SOLUTION:
Update to "app-antivirus/clamav-0.91.2-r1" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-20.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28117:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28117/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.
Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/
Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------