ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam

ClamAV: Buffer overflow in Freshclam Freshclam is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to execution of arbitrary code. clamav 2006-05-02 2006-05-02 131791 remote 0.88.2 0.88.2

ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner. Freshclam is a utility to download virus signature updates.

Ulf Harnhammar and an anonymous German researcher discovered that Freshclam fails to check the size of the header data returned by a webserver.

By enticing a user to connect to a malicious webserver an attacker could cause the execution of arbitrary code.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All ClamAV users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/clamav-0.88.2"

CVE-2006-1989 jaervosz jaervosz