Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1196-1 clamav -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
19 Oct 2006
Affected Packages:
clamav
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4182, CVE-2006-5295.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the ClamAV malware scan engine, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2006-4182

    Damian Put discovered a heap overflow error in the script to rebuild PE files, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2006-5295

    Damian Put discovered that missing input sanitising in the CHM handling code might lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.11. Due to technical problems with the build host this update lacks a build for the Sparc architecture. It will be provided soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your clamav packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-base_0.84-2.sarge.11_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-docs_0.84-2.sarge.11_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-testfiles_0.84-2.sarge.11_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-daemon_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-freshclam_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/clamav-milter_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav-dev_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/clamav/libclamav1_0.84-2.sarge.11_s390.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.