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PLSA-2008-71.txt

Posted on 14 November 2008
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2008-71 security@pardus.org.tr
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Date: 2008-11-14
Severity: 2
Type: Remote
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Summary
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ClamAV contains an off-by-one heap overflow vulnerability in the code
responsible for parsing VBA project files.


Description
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Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the `clamd' process by sending an email with
a prepared attachment.



The vulnerability occurs inside the get_unicode_name() function in
libclamav/vba_extract.c when a specific `name' buffer is passed to it.



Affected packages:

Pardus 2008:
clamav, all before 0.93.3-29-3


Resolution
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There are update(s) for clamav. You can update them via Package Manager
or with a single command from console:

pisi up clamav

References
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* http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=8627
* http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122624716807236&w=4

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http://security.pardus.org.tr


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