clamav: CVE-2009-1241 malware detection bypass

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-1241  

Debian Bug report logs - #526042
clamav: CVE-2009-1241 malware detection bypass

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Reported by: "Michael S. Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:54:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version clamav/0.95+dfsg-1

Done: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, ClamAV Team <pkg-clamav-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>:
Bug#526042; Package clamav. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:54:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to "Michael S. Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to ClamAV Team <pkg-clamav-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:54:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Michael S. Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: clamav: CVE-2009-1241 malware detection bypass
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:50:41 -0400
Package: clamav
Severity: important
Tags: security
Tags: fixed 0.95+dfsg-1

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for clamav.

CVE-2009-1241[0]:
| Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote
| attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive.

This is already fixed in version 0.95+dfsg-1 in unstable. Please
coordinate with the security team (team@security.debian.org) to prepare
packages for the stable releases.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1241
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-1241




Bug marked as fixed in version 0.95+dfsg-1. Request was from Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:03:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:33:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to "Michael S. Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:33:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #12 received at 526042-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org>
To: "Michael S. Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>, 526042-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#526042: clamav: CVE-2009-1241 malware detection bypass
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:32:05 +0100
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This one time, at band camp, Michael S. Gilbert said:
> Hi,
> the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
> published for clamav.
> 
> CVE-2009-1241[0]:
> | Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote
> | attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive.

Debian does not use the Rar code in clamav at all at the current time,
so this bug doesn't affect us.

Cheers,
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Bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <owner@bugs.debian.org> to internal_control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:39:44 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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