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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58118
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1263-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'clamav' package(s) announced via the DSA-1263-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'clamav' package(s) announced via the DSA-1263-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Clam anti-virus toolkit, which may lead to denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2007-0897

It was discovered that malformed CAB archives may exhaust file descriptors, which allows denial of service.

CVE-2007-0898

It was discovered that a directory traversal vulnerability in the MIME header parser may lead to denial of service.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.84-2.sarge.15.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.7-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.90-1.

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:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0897
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 22580
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22580
Debian Security Information: DSA-1263 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1263
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-03.xml
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=475
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:043
http://osvdb.org/32283
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017659
http://secunia.com/advisories/24183
http://secunia.com/advisories/24187
http://secunia.com/advisories/24192
http://secunia.com/advisories/24319
http://secunia.com/advisories/24332
http://secunia.com/advisories/24425
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2007:017 (Google Search)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Feb/0004.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0623
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
XForce ISS Database: clamav-cabfile-dos(32531)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32531
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0898
BugTraq ID: 22581
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22581
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=476
http://osvdb.org/32282
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017660
XForce ISS Database: clamav-mimeheader-directory-traversal(32535)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32535
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0899
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0899
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