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[DSA1232] DSA-1232-1 clamav

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1232-1 clamav

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Stephen Gran discovered that malformed base64-encoded MIME attachments
can lead to denial of service through a null pointer dereference.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.84-2.sarge.12.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.86-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.86-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your clamav package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1232
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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