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ClamAV 1.2.2 in SmarterMail Build 8825 and newer: Why not 1.3.0?
Question asked by Stefan Mössner - 3/1/2024 at 4:22 AM
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Hi all,

this is written in the release notes of SmarterMail build 8825: "Changed: Updated ClamAV to 1.2.2"

ClamAV 1.2.2 isn't an old version. It's an actual critical hotfix of the 1.2 release, see https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/releases/tag/clamav-1.2.2. So thank you, SmarterTools, for providing SmarterMail with this recent version of the 1.2 release.

But if you look at the website of ClamAV there's release 1.3.0 available, see https://www.clamav.net/downloads.

So why is ClamAV still an older release in the newest SmarterMail build 8825?

Kind Regards

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Matt Petty Replied
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It was one of the last things we did with the update, so I decided not to jump major versions since we didn't have a ton of testing time on it. We've also got a linux release we're working on which involves some changes on these third-party tools which is a great time to do the bigger updates. If we do another release soon I can see about jumping to 1.3.0, we'll see.
Matt Petty Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. (877) 357-6278 www.smartertools.com
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Stefan Mössner Replied
There's a vulnerability regarding ClamAV, see https://blog.clamav.net/2024/04/clamav-131-123-106-patch-versions.html. So there's an update of ClamAV needed!
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Matt Petty Replied
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That DOS vulnerability is only for 1.3.0. I guess it was a good idea to not immediately move to 1.3.0 after all. The upcoming builds we have in development (intended for beta) are on 1.3.0 though, so I'll make sure to update. 

There still is an update to 1.2.2 ->1.2.3 though, so I'll make sure the next production release has it.
Matt Petty Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. (877) 357-6278 www.smartertools.com
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Stefan Mössner Replied
With the newest build 8874 ClamAV is now updated to version 1.2.3. Thank you for your fast implementation.

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