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SUSE-SA:2006:046: 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:2006:046 (clamav).

Damian Put discovered a bug in the UPX decoder used for scanning UPX
compressed Windows executables. The bug permits for a heap buffer
overflow and may potentially be exploitable to execute arbitrary
code. ClamAV has been version updated to version 0.88.4 in order to
fix this problem.

Solution : http://www.suse.de/security/http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_46_clamav.html
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security

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