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Debian DSA-1906-1 : clamav - End-of-life announcement for clamav in stable and oldstable

high Nessus Plugin ID 44771

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Security support for clamav, an anti-virus utility for Unix, has been discontinued for the stable distribution (lenny) and the oldstable distribution (etch). Clamav Upstream has stopped supporting the releases in etch and lenny. Also, it is not easily possible to receive signature updates for the virus scanner with our released versions anymore.

Solution

All clamav users should consider switching to the version in debian-volatile, which receives regular updates and security support on a best effort basis.

For more information on debian-volatile, please visit http://www.debian.org/volatile/

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1906

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44771

File Name: debian_DSA-1906.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/21/2012

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux

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

Reference Information

DSA: 1906