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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-756-1 April 13, 2009 clamav vulnerability https://launchpad.net/bugs/360502 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.10: libclamav5 0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify buffers when processing Upack files. A remote attacker could send a crafted file and cause a denial of service via application crash.