[SECURITY] [DTSA-37-1] New clamav packages fix several vulnerabilities

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Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-37-1                  May 22th, 2007
secure-testing-team at lists.alioth.debian.org                 Stefan Fritsch
http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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Package        : clamav
Vulnerability  : several vulnerabilities
Problem-Scope  : remote
Debian-specific: No
CVE ID         : CVE-2007-1745 CVE-2007-1997 CVE-2007-2029 

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Clam anti-virus 
toolkit. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:

CVE-2007-1745 
It was discovered that a file descriptor leak in the CHM handler may lead to 
denial of service.

CVE-2007-1997 
It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the CAB handler may lead to the 
execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2007-2029 
It was discovered that a file descriptor leak in the PDF handler may lead to 
denial of service.

For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version
0.90.1-3lenny2

Builds for the alpha, mipsel, and powerpc architectures are still missing and will
be released when they become available.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version
0.90.2-1

This upgrade is recommended if you use clamav.

Upgrade Instructions
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To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

To install the update, run this command as root:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer
to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/
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