Re: clamav and magic byte

2005-11-03 Thread Andrey Bayora
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:25 PM Subject: Re: clamav and magic byte > * Andrey Bayora: > > >> "...Andrey Bayora just describes one way to create new viruses, there are > > countless others." > > > > Please, read h

Re: clamav and magic byte

2005-11-03 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andrey Bayora: > OK, last try to convince you... :) > >> It's not a bug, it's a design property of such ssystems > > In other words: it is a design error (feature). Sure, if you want to put it that way. > As I point out my whitepaper, the "changed" viruses STILL detected with the > SAME signat

Re: clamav and magic byte

2005-11-03 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andrey Bayora: >> "...Andrey Bayora just describes one way to create new viruses, there are > countless others." > > Please, read http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.html - there > are 13 CVE numbers issued for this BUG. Often, CVE numbers are assigned because vendors release updates, not t

Re: Re: clamav and magic byte

2005-11-03 Thread Andrey Bayora
Hi Florian, > "...Andrey Bayora just describes one way to create new viruses, there are countless others." Please, read http://www.securityelf.org/magicbyteadv.html - there are 13 CVE numbers issued for this BUG. If it is not - why AV vendors issues patches for this "issue"? The "new viruses" op

Re: clamav and magic byte

2005-11-02 Thread Florian Weimer
* Geoff Crompton: > Anyone know if clamav is vulnerable to the magic byte detection evasion > issue discussed at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15189? > > Or alternatively, can anyone work out if it is vulnerable? It is vulnerable only in the sense that it doesn't detect viruses for which there

clamav and magic byte

2005-11-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
Anyone know if clamav is vulnerable to the magic byte detection evasion issue discussed at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15189? Or alternatively, can anyone work out if it is vulnerable? -- Geoff Crompton Debian System Administrator Strategic Data +61 3 9340 9000 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to