ClamAV users - if you are running < 0.95 it will be disabled next week
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this is a reminder that starting from 15 April 2010 our CVD will contain
a special signature which disables all clamd installations older than
0.95 - that is to say older than 1 year.
We would like to keep on supporting all old versions of our engine, but
unfortunately this is no longer possible without causing a disservice to
people running a recent release of ClamAV.
For more information please refer to the original announcement:
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify its input when
processing CAB files. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted
CAB file to evade malware detection. (CVE-2010-0098)
It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify its input when
processing CAB files. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted
CAB file and cause a denial of service via application crash.
This came as a nice nasty surprise today! I am not too angry at Clam, I am more upset at Debian for not moving 0.95 into the stable repository before this date!
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