-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kolab Security Issue 02 20050727 ================================ Package: Kolab Server Vulnerability: buffer overflow, remotely exploitable Kolab Specific: no Dependent Packages: none Summary - ------- The Clam AntiVirus package contains several buffer overflows that can be exploited remotely. Affected Versions - ----------------- This affects all servers which have ClamAV 0.86.1 or earlier versions running. Kolab Server 2.0 and previous releases of the 2.0 branch are affected. Fixes - ----- Upgrade to ClamAV 0.86.2. A new ClamAV RPM is available from the Kolab download mirrors as the file security-updates/20050727/clamav-0.86.2-20050726.src.rpm The mirrors are listed on http://kolab.org/mirrors.html While the mirrors are catching up, you can also get the package via rsync: # rsync -tzv rsync://rsync.kolab.org/kolab/server/security-updates/20050727/clamav-0.86.2-20050726.src.rpm . This package can be installed on your Kolab Server with # /kolab/bin/openpkg rpm --rebuild clamav-0.86.2-20050726.src.rpm # /kolab/bin/openpkg rpm \ -Uvh /kolab/RPM/PKG/clamav-0.86.2-20050726.--kolab.rpm ##optional # /kolab/bin/freshclam Details - ------- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14359 the vulnerabilities present themselves when the ClamAV antivirus library handles malformed files. Details of the vulnerability can be found in http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/clamav.pdf At least 4 of its file format processors contain remote security bugs. Specifically, during the processing of TNEF, CHM, & FSG formats an attacker is able to trigger several integer overflows These vulnerabilities can be reached by default and triggered without user interaction by sending an e-mail containing crafted data. Timeline - -------- 20050725 clamav vulnerability published by rem0te 20050727 kolab update and security advisory published -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC55W50vCiU5+ISsgRAuRRAJwPMHzzXu0FwB9GeEv6kq3WOBqvdwCeLKot d85iJsTD7wjyY+ebkIzklQk= =NPAR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----