Public bug reported: clamscan throws "LibClamAV Warning: Unsupported message format `global- headers'" when scanning e.g. the exim4 binary from recent releases.
When running clamscan as cronjob, such STDERR warnings produce disruptive rootmail noise. For example on my current Ubuntu Focal: $ apt download exim4-daemon-light Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 exim4-daemon-light amd64 4.93-13ubuntu1.5 [534 kB] Fetched 534 kB in 0s (3,220 kB/s) $ ar x exim4-daemon-light_4.93-13ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb $ tar xf data.tar.xz $ clamscan ./usr/sbin/exim4 LibClamAV Warning: Unsupported message format `global' - if you believe this file contains a virus, submit it to www.clamav.net Using clamav 0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.3 ** Affects: clamav (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Description changed: clamscan throws "LibClamAV Warning: Unsupported message format `global- headers'" when scanning e.g. the exim4 binary from recent releases. - When running clamscan as cronjob, and such STDERR warnings produce + When running clamscan as cronjob, such STDERR warnings produce disruptive rootmail noise. For example on my current Ubuntu Focal: $ apt download exim4-daemon-light - Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 exim4-daemon-light amd64 4.93-13ubuntu1.5 [534 kB] - Fetched 534 kB in 0s (3,220 kB/s) - $ ar x exim4-daemon-light_4.93-13ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb - $ tar xf data.tar.xz + Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 exim4-daemon-light amd64 4.93-13ubuntu1.5 [534 kB] + Fetched 534 kB in 0s (3,220 kB/s) + $ ar x exim4-daemon-light_4.93-13ubuntu1.5_amd64.deb + $ tar xf data.tar.xz $ clamscan ./usr/sbin/exim4 LibClamAV Warning: Unsupported message format `global' - if you believe this file contains a virus, submit it to www.clamav.net - Using clamav 0.103.2+dfsg-0ubuntu0.20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1940927 Title: LibClamAV Warning: Unsupported message format `global-headers' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/+bug/1940927/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
