Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for clamav. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for clamav
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32699
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32699/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for clamav. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA31725
SA32663
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update clamav").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-9644:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00332.html
FEDORA-2008-9651:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00348.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31725:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31725/
SA32663:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32663/
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