The ClamAV Mail fILTER (clamav-milter), when used in Sendmail using long
timeouts, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by keeping
an open connection, which prevents ClamAV from reloading.
CVE-2005-1923
The ENSURE_BITS macro in mszipd.c for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption by infinite loop)
via a cabinet (CAB) file with the cffile_FolderOffset field set to 0xff,
which causes a zero-length read.
CVE-2005-2056
The Quantum archive decompressor in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted
Quantum archive.
CVE-2005-1922
The MS-Expand file handling in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor and memory
consumption) via a crafted file that causes repeated errors in the
cli_msexpand function.
CVE-2005-2450
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) TNEF, (2) CHM, or (3) FSG file
format processors in libclamav for Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) allow remote
attackers to gain privileges via a crafted e-mail message.
For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 0.86.2-4etch1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 0.86.2-1
This upgrade is recommended if you use clamav.
If you have the secure testing lines in your sources.list, you can update by running this command as root:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for then stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready.
To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free