Security update for clamav

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(Last modified: 07FEB2005)

solutions Security update for clamav SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (337c8abc2b85db24a036586a7efb12c1)

Applies to

Package: clamav
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Patch: patch-9854
Release: 20050207
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Every installation of ClamAV should upgrade for improved virus protection.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Scan engine improvements were made. The internal mail scanner now supports multipart/partial messages, and support for decoding non-standard mail files was greatly enhanced. libclamav can now extract RFC2397 encoded data within HTML documents, block zip archives with modified information in local header, and scan HQX files. PE file structure rebuilding from compressed executables was improved.
The full release notes can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=300116

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh clamav.rpm

links to download packages

Download Source Packages

Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.

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