[Bug 1015405] Re: ClamAV error: CL_EFORMAT: Bad format or broken data

Dagaroth dagarothx95 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 16 13:45:04 UTC 2012


yup, got it already thx :)

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Scott Kitterman
<ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:

> For Debian/Ubuntu users, there is an update to 0.97.5 with the patch
> that fixes this issue.  For Debian it's in Unstable and should get to
> Wheezy over the weekend and it's in stable-proposed-updates and should
> get to stable-updates today.  For Ubuntu the update is available as of
> today for all releases.
>
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> Title:
>   ClamAV error: CL_EFORMAT: Bad format or broken data
>
> Status in The ClamAV Antivirus Scanner:
>   In Progress
> Status in Hardy Heron Backports:
>   Fix Released
> Status in Lucid Backports:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” source package in Natty:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” source package in Oneiric:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” source package in Precise:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” source package in Quantal:
>   Fix Released
> Status in “clamav” package in Debian:
>   Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
>   [IMPACT]
>
>    * Scanning errors on some files of some important types like PDF,
>   DOC, XLS, and tar.bz2.
>
>    * Can cause major disruption of mail servers and other applications
>
>    * Regression from previous releases
>
>    * Bug fix is upstream fix that will be included in the next clamav
>   release.
>
>   [TESTCASE]
>
>    * sudo apt-get install clamav (if not already installed) and once the
>   package is installed and signatures are downloaded you are ready to
>   test.
>
>    * With an appropriate test file (the thunderbird bz2 file that is
>   attached to the bug is one such file) run $ clamscan $FILENAME and you
>   should get an error as described in the original bug.
>
>    * Install the updated packages from -proposed
>
>    * Run the test again and it should test OK (no error and no virus
>   found).
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>    * Nil.  Patch taken from upstream and given where the patch is in the
>   code it would be very difficult to regress.
>
>   Original bug:
>
>   got this in my syslog after update of clamav dunno if its a bug or not
>
>   Jun 19 21:47:29 server dansguardian[]: ClamAV error: CL_EFORMAT: Bad
> format or broken data
>   Jun 19 21:47:29 server dansguardian[]: scanFile/Memory returned error: -1
>
>   update version
>   0.97.5
>
>   ubuntu 11.04
>
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