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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57737
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1238-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'clamav' package(s) announced via the DSA-1238-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'clamav' package(s) announced via the DSA-1238-1 advisory.

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

CVE-2006-6406

Hendrik Weimer discovered that invalid characters in base64 encoded data may lead to bypass of scanning mechanisms.

CVE-2006-6481

Hendrik Weimer discovered that deeply nested multipart/mime MIME data may lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.13.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.7-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.7-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your clamav packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'clamav' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6406
BugTraq ID: 21461
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21461
Bugtraq: 20061206 Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453654/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1238 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1238
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230
http://www.quantenblog.net/security/virus-scanner-bypass
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362
http://secunia.com/advisories/23379
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411
http://secunia.com/advisories/23460
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:078 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4948
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5113
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-6481
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 21609
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21609
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-18.xml
http://osvdb.org/31283
http://secunia.com/advisories/23347
http://secunia.com/advisories/23404
http://secunia.com/advisories/23417
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0072/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
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