On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 15:40, Brian Morrison wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:22:01 +0200 in
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >  > > For those running 0.80rc4 or 0.80 final, you can catch all jpeg
> >  > > exploits with the following signature (add it to a local.ndb file
> >  > > in your database directory):
> >  > > 
> >  > > Exploit.JPEG.Comment.FalsePos:5:0:ffd8ff
> >  > > 
> >  > > Warning: do NOT use this if you're running 0.80rc[123], since it
> >  > > WILL cause false positives.  Also, do NOT change the name.  The
> >  > > ClamAV code
> >  > 
> >  > Please do not use it. It seems the JPEG exploit verificator is
> >  > still not perfect and may not eliminate all false positive matches.
> > 
> >  False alert. It appeared some Japanese camera software creates broken
> >  pictures.
> 
> So that signature *is* safe to use? Or have I read your comment wrongly?

It should be safe to use with 0.80, but on the other hand, it'll match
*every* JPEG file and process them through the false positive
elimination code, which will impact performance (very slightly).

-trog

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