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Debian DLA-437-1 : clamav version update

high Nessus Plugin ID 88998

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Upstream published version 0.99. This update updates sqeeze-lts to the latest upstream release in line with the approach used for other Debian releases.

The changes are not strictly required for operation, but users of the previous version in Squeeze may not be able to make use of all current virus signatures and might get warnings.

Due to a change in soname included with this release, libclamav has been updated to libclamav7. This requires updates to external users of libclamav. For python-clamav, klamav, and libclamunrar, these changes are, or will be shortly, available.

Unfortunately, for dansguardian, it was released for squeeze with latent issues that preclude rebuilding the package. If you are using dansguardian, do not attempt to upgrade to the new clamav.

Otherwise, if you use clamav, we strongly recommend that you upgrade to this version.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/02/msg00028.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/clamav

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88998

File Name: debian_DLA-437.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-daemon, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-docs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-freshclam, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-milter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:clamav-testfiles, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libclamav-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libclamav6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2016