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

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