Debian Security Advisory
DSA-824-1 clamav -- infinite loop, buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 29 Sep 2005
- Affected Packages:
- clamav
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 328660.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2919, CVE-2005-2920.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#363713. - More information:
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Clam AntiVirus, the antivirus scanner for Unix, designed for integration with mail servers to perform attachment scanning. The following problems were identified:
- CAN-2005-2919
A potentially infinite loop could lead to a denial of service.
- CAN-2005-2920
A buffer overflow could lead to a denial of service.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain ClamAV packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.87-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your clamav package.
- CAN-2005-2919
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.84-2.sarge.4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-docs_0.84-2.sarge.4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-testfiles_0.84-2.sarge.4_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-docs_0.84-2.sarge.4_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.