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[DSA1153] DSA-1153-1 clamav

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1153-1 clamav

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Damian Put discovered a heap overflow vulnerability in the UPX
unpacker of the ClamAV anti-virus toolkit which could permit remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.84-2.sarge.10.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.88.4-0volatile1 in the volatile archive.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.88.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your clamav packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1153
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 19381

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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