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clamav: apply patch for CVE-2017-6420 #31909

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@andir andir commented Nov 21, 2017

Motivation for this change

The wwunpack function in libclamav/wwunpack.c in ClamAV 0.99.2 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted PE file with WWPack compression.

Details at [1].

[1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6420

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  • Tested using sandboxing (nix.useSandbox on NixOS, or option build-use-sandbox in nix.conf on non-NixOS)
  • Built on platform(s)
    • NixOS
    • macOS
    • other Linux distributions
  • Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests)
  • Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nox --run "nox-review wip"
  • Tested execution of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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andir commented Nov 21, 2017

This should be backported to stable/17.09.

@c0bw3b c0bw3b added the 9.needs: port to stable A PR needs a backport to the stable release. label Nov 21, 2017
@Mic92 Mic92 merged commit 98d12e6 into NixOS:master Nov 22, 2017
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Mic92 commented Nov 22, 2017

back ported in d4cced9

@andir andir deleted the clamav branch November 22, 2017 08:24
@samueldr samueldr removed the 9.needs: port to stable A PR needs a backport to the stable release. label Apr 17, 2019
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