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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201209-08
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: SquidClamav: Denial of Service
     Date: September 24, 2012
     Bugs: #428778
       ID: 201209-08

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in SquidClamav may result in Denial of Service.

Background
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SquidClamav is a HTTP anti-virus for Squid based on ClamAV and ICAP.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-proxy/squidclamav         < 6.8                       >= 6.8

Description
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SquidClamav does not properly escape URLs before passing them to the
system command call.

Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL to SquidClamav,
possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SquidClamav users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squidclamav-6.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-3501
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3501
[ 2 ] SquidClamav News
      http://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-08.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5