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Date:      Thu, 19 Feb 2004 02:11:27 +0100
From:      Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200402-07 ] Clamav 0.65 DoS vulnerability]
Message-ID:  <40340D3F.8060805@fillmore-labs.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040218215950.GD47727@madman.celabo.org>
References:  <40337619.1050504@veldy.net> <20040218215950.GD47727@madman.celabo.org>

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Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 08:26:33AM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> 
>>Attached is a security alert from Gentoo pertaining to clam antivirus.
>>It seems that as of this morning, FreeBSD's ports still contain the
>>affected version.
> 
> Oliver (the discoverer of the vulnerability) is a FreeBSD developer and
> fixed the port some time ago.
> 
> See also
> <URL:http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/74a9541d-5d6c-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html>.

Btw, it is almost unbearable smart that they include the sequence that triggers
the bug in their mail, assuring that users that *have* the vulnerable clamd
installed never see the advisory.

It *had* a reason that I prefixed the lines with 'X'. Congratulations.

-Oliver



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