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henk
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Re: ClamAV 0.100.0 available

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As there is already version 0.100.1, upgrading to 0.100.0 is still recommended. It contains many code submissions from the ClamAV community.
https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-d ... 1/NEWS.md
My upgrade steps.

Check for updates

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yum check-update
Make backup :lol:

As I dont like cronjobs during the upgrade ( stop the mailflow) and stop clam

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service crond stop
service clamd stop
upgrade

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yum upgrade
Remove old database

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rm /var/lib/clamav/daily.cld
Get new dbs

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freshclam -v
sa-update -v
To get rid of yara related errors. ( you can always enable it again)
/etc/clamav-unofficial-sigs/master.conf

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yararulesproject_enabled="no"
enable_yararules="no"
And delete or move to backup dir from /var/lib/clamav/

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rm /var/lib/clamav/*yar
rm /var/lib/clamav/*yara  
Check clamd.conf and freshclam.conf for custom and depricated settings
warning: /etc/clamd.conf created as /etc/clamd.conf.rpmnew
warning: /etc/freshclam.conf created as /etc/freshclam.conf.rpmnew

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service clamd start
reboot to check it all ( new kernel?)

check the logs :violin:
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Clamav 100.1-1 - ClamAV Vulnerabilities

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Clamav 100.1-1 available.

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yum list clamav
Installed Packages
clamav.x86_64 0.100.0-1.el6 @epel
Available Packages
clamav.i686 0.100.1-1.el6 epel
clamav.x86_64 0.100.1-1.el6 epel

after update: run

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freshclam -v
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sa-update -v
check clamav

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service clamd restart
Stopping Clam AntiVirus Daemon:                            [  OK  ]
Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon:                            [  OK  ]
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dwmp
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Re: ClamAV Vulnerabilities

Post by dwmp »

Hello,

I tried to install the updates without success, what I did:
- disable mail income, create backup
- comment the line

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#exclude=kernel* postfix* mailscanner* MailScanner* clamav* clamd* open-vm-tools*

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service crond stop

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sudo yum update
- Reboot
- Installing Webmin update
- Reboot
=> While booting I saw some ClamAV-related erros, also I got some error notifications "service <postfix/httpd/mysql/clamd> down and restarted..." (the notification for clamd came 3 times). So I did the following:

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service crond stop
service clamd stop
rm /var/lib/clamav/daily.cld
freshclam -v
sa-update –v
service clamd start
- Reboot
- Everything seemed fine, boot errors regarding clamav were still there but I "realized" they have been there before the updates without making problems
- I enabled mail income + wrote some test mails
=> the first came properly through, the second (and also another incoming mail) one appeared in in MailWatch but didn't come to my Outlook. After a moment the message appeared again in the MailWatch-list, that went on every few seconds so after a few minutes I had great list in MailWatch including those two emails appearing again and again (but without releasing them to the mailboxes in the mailserver)
=> So I shut down EFA again and restored the backup/snapshot, so now it is running again (but old versions of course).

I saved the corrupt state and now I am trying to find out what the problem was, to execute the update again (and this time properly).
I viewed some logs but I didn't get a hint what the reason might be. Wenn I shut it down it says FAILED when trying to stop the Clamav service.
Has someone an idea what to do?
Thanks!

BR
dwmp
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Re: ClamAV Vulnerabilities

Post by henk »

Seems you missed some steps in this post

to get rid of yara related errors. ( you can always enable it again)
/etc/clamav-unofficial-sigs/master.conf

yararulesproject_enabled="no"
enable_yararules="no"

And delete or move to backup dir from /var/lib/clamav/

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rm /var/lib/clamav/*yar
rm /var/lib/clamav/*yara
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dwmp
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Re: ClamAV Vulnerabilities

Post by dwmp »

Thank you! I will try that.
Do you think that the problem (that mails are not coming through Outlook and reappearing in Mailwatch list) will also be resolved with your recommendation?
Or is it only for the boot-error-messages?
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Re: ClamAV Vulnerabilities

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I quess you will find the answer in this post viewtopic.php?f=14&p=12615#p12615 :)
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dwmp
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Re: ClamAV Vulnerabilities

Post by dwmp »

Thank you very much, it worked!
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