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SUSE-SA:2006:020: clamav

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the clamav package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:020 (clamav).

Clamav was updated to version 0.88.1 to fix the following security
problems:

- An integer overflow in the PE header parser (CVE-2006-1614).

- Format string bugs in the logging code could potentially be
exploited to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2006-1615).

- Access to invalid memory could lead to a crash (CVE-2006-1630).

Solution : http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2006_20_clamav.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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