On 2009-12-09 19:19, Alvaro Jimenez Cabrera EXT wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Lately, we are experiencing some strange behaviour with clamd using socket 
> communication mode with amavis-new
>
> When a zip file with trojan binary inside is sent by an evil sender, 
> sometimes clamd marks it like CLEAN.
>
> After of doing some investigation, we realised next two things:
>
> This zipped file is not detected like trojan
> unzip -v winner.zip
> Archive:  winner.zip
>  Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
> --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>    19456  Defl:X    16271  16%  11-06-09 00:46  14a246d9  winner.exe
> --------          -------  ---                            -------
>    19456            16271  16%                            1 file
>
>
> This one is detected smoothly
> unzip -v  pru/winner.zip
> Archive:  pru/winner.zip
>  Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
> --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>    19456  Defl:N    16277  16%  11-06-09 00:46  14a246d9  winner.exe
> --------          -------  ---                            -------
>    19456            16277  16%                            1 file
>
>
>   

Does 0.95.3 detect it properly?
The zip code has undergone some changes after 0.92...

> As you can see, the main differences between the two zip files is the deflate 
> method (X method is not detected by clamd and N method is detected ok).
>
> About our architecture:
> we have debian 4.0 and the following clamd and apps version:
>
> balth...@mailfilter04:~$ dpkg -l | grep -E 'zlib|clam'
> ii  clamav                       0.91.2-3                        antivirus 
> scanner for Unix
> ii  clamav-base                  0.91.2-3                        base package 
> for clamav, an anti-virus utili
> ii  clamav-daemon                0.91.2-3                        antivirus 
> scanner daemon
> ii  clamav-freshclam             0.91.2-3                        downloads 
> clamav virus databases from the In
> rc  libclamav1                   0.88.7-0volatile1               virus 
> scanner library
> ii  libclamav2                   0.91.2-3                        virus 
> scanner library
> ii  zlib1g                       1.2.3-13                        compression 
> library - runtime
> ii  zlib1g-dev                   1.2.3-13                        compression 
> library - development
>
> We are forced to use this version of this application because they are 
> tightly integrated with other inherited custom programs
>   

Aren't packages for those programs available that work with some newer
ClamAV?
If all they do is communicate with clamd, that should work with 0.95.3 too.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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