Re: Fwd: [Clamav-announce] ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.104.0 released

[Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer@ipfire.org>]

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Hi,

On 03.09.2021 18:36, Stefan Schantl wrote:
> Hello Michael, Hello Matthias, Hello list,
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I just received this announcement that clamav 0.104.0 has been
>> released.
>> 
>> The interesting things for us are the changes in the build system:
>> 
>> * It now requires cmake which isn’t a problem
>> 
>> * It now requires LLVM which we don’t have
>> 
>> LLVM is probably going to be large, but Stefan has already played
>> around with it and we might be able to merge his patches. So, Stefan,
>> could you please post them? I suppose Matthias is the de-facto
>> maintainer of clamav. You will need to merge these patches locally to
>> see if clamav is happy with what Stefan has built.
> 
> I've created and pushed a new LLVM git branch in my personal git
> repository, which builds the LLVM compiler suite.
> 
> https://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/stevee/ipfire-2.x.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/llvm
> 
> I hope this will do the trick with the new clamav version.

Thanks Stefan,

I'll take a look...

Best,
Matthias

> Best regards,
> 
> -Stefan
> 
>> 
>> This will be an interesting project :)
>> 
>> -Michael
>> 
>> > Begin forwarded message:
>> > 
>> > From: "Joel Esler (jesler)" <jesler(a)cisco.com>
>> > Subject: [Clamav-announce] ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.104.0 released
>> > Date: 3 September 2021 at 16:51:29 BST
>> > To: "ClamAV-announce(a)lists.clamav.net" <
>> > ClamAV-announce(a)lists.clamav.net>, "clamav-users(a)lists.clamav.net"
>> > <clamav-users(a)lists.clamav.net>
>> > Reply-To: noreply(a)clamav.net
>> > 
>> > 
>> > > 
>> > > https://blog.clamav.net/2021/09/clamav-01040-released.html
>> > > 
>> > > ClamAV 0.104.0 releasedClamAV 0.104.0 is available as an official
>> > > release as of today.
>> > > We are also announcing a new Long Term Support (LTS) program
>> > > today in an update to our End-of-Life (EOL) policy. The LTS will
>> > > start retroactively with ClamAV 0.103, the previous feature
>> > > release. This new LTS policy extends the life of 0.103 up through
>> > > September 2023 and will facilitate the production of more
>> > > frequent feature releases while enabling users to rely on a
>> > > supported version for years to come if they cannot keep pace with
>> > > the feature release cadence. For full details about the Long Term
>> > > Support program, you can see the LTS announcement blog post and
>> > > review the LTS policy in our online documentation.
>> > > We're also introducing new install packages to make it easier for
>> > > folks to upgrade without having to build ClamAV from source and
>> > > without having to wait for a community volunteer to package the
>> > > latest release. You can find the new install packages on the
>> > > ClamAV.net Downloads Page.
>> > > Today you can find:
>> > >  * x86_64 and i686 RPM packages compatible with RPM-based Linux
>> > > distributions running glibc version 2.17 or newer.
>> > >  * x86_64 and i686 DEB packages compatible with Debian-based
>> > > Linux distributions running glibc version 2.23 or newer.
>> > >  * An x86_64/ARM64 macOS installer package is compatible with
>> > > Intel and Apple M1 systems.
>> > >  * x64 and win32 Windows packages are compatible with Windows 7
>> > > and newer.
>> > > In the future, we hope to supplement these with ARM64 Linux DEB
>> > > and RPM packages and an x86_64 FreeBSD package.
>> > > Please note that you may find installations in this release
>> > > require more manual configuration than when using a preconfigured
>> > > package provided by a Linux or Unix distribution. See our
>> > > installation instructions on clamav.net for more information.
>> > > ClamAV 0.104.0 includes the following improvements and changes.
>> > > 
>> > > New Requirements * As of ClamAV 0.104, CMake is required to build
>> > > ClamAV.We have added comprehensive build instructions for using
>> > > CMake to the new INSTALL.md file. The online documentation will
>> > > also be updated to include CMake build instructions.The Autotools
>> > > and the Visual Studio build systems have been removed.
>> > > 
>> > > Major changes * The built-in LLVM for the bytecode runtime has
>> > > been removed.The bytecode interpreter is the default runtime for
>> > > bytecode signatures just as it was in ClamAV 0.103.We hoped to
>> > > add support for newer versions of LLVM, but ran out of time. If
>> > > you're building ClamAV from source and you wish to use LLVM
>> > > instead of the bytecode interpreter, you will need to supply the
>> > > development libraries for LLVM version 3.6.2. See the "bytecode
>> > > runtime" section in INSTALL.md to learn more.
>> > >  * There are now official ClamAV images on Docker Hub.Docker Hub
>> > > ClamAV tags:clamav/clamav:<version>: A release preloaded with
>> > > signature databases.Using this container will save the ClamAV
>> > > project some bandwidth. Use this if you will keep the image
>> > > around so that you don't download the entire database set every
>> > > time you start a new container. Updating with FreshClam from the
>> > > existing databases set does not use much
>> > > data.clamav/clamav:<version>_base: A release with no signature
>> > > databases.Use this container only if you mount a volume in your
>> > > container under /var/lib/clamav to persist your signature
>> > > database databases. This method is the best option because it
>> > > will reduce data costs for ClamAV and for the Docker registry,
>> > > but it does require advanced familiarity with Linux and
>> > > Docker.Caution: Using this image without mounting an existing
>> > > database directory will cause FreshClam to download the entire
>> > > database set each time you start a new container.You can use
>> > > the unstable version
>> > > (i.e. clamav/clamav:unstable or clamav/clamav:unstable_base) to
>> > > try the latest from our development branch.Please, be kind when
>> > > using 'free' bandwidth, both for the virus databases but also the
>> > > Docker registry. Try not to download the entire database set or
>> > > the larger ClamAV database images on a regular basis.For more
>> > > details, see the ClamAV Docker documentation.Special thanks to
>> > > Olliver Schinagl for his excellent work creating ClamAV's new
>> > > Docker files, image database deployment tooling, and user
>> > > documentation.
>> > >  * clamd and freshclam are now available as Windows services. To
>> > > install and run them, use the --install-service option and net
>> > > start [name] command.Special thanks to Gianluigi Tiesi for his
>> > > original work on this feature.
>> > > 
>> > > Notable changesThe following was added in 0.103.1 and is repeated
>> > > here for awareness, as patch versions do not generally introduce
>> > > new options:
>> > >  * Added a new scan option to alert on broken media (graphics)
>> > > file formats. This feature mitigates the risk of malformed media
>> > > files intended to exploit vulnerabilities in other software. At
>> > > present, media validation exists for JPEG, TIFF, PNG and GIF
>> > > files. To enable this feature, set AlertBrokenMedia yes in
>> > > clamd.conf, or use the --alert-broken-media option when
>> > > using clamscan. These options are disabled by default in this
>> > > patch release but may be enabled in a subsequent release.
>> > > Application developers may enable this scan option by
>> > > enabling CL_SCAN_HEURISTIC_BROKEN_MEDIA for the heuristic scan
>> > > option bit field.
>> > >  * Added CL_TYPE_TIFF, CL_TYPE_JPEG types to match GIF, PNG
>> > > typing behavior. BMP and JPEG 2000 files will continue to detect
>> > > as CL_TYPE_GRAPHICS because ClamAV does not yet have BMP or JPEG
>> > > 2000 format checking capabilities.
>> > >  * Added progress callbacks to libclamav for:database
>> > > load: cl_engine_set_clcb_sigload_progress()engine
>> > > compile: cl_engine_set_clcb_engine_compile_progress()engine
>> > > free: cl_engine_set_clcb_engine_free_progress()These new
>> > > callbacks enable an application to monitor and estimate load,
>> > > compile, and unload progress. See clamav.h for API details.
>> > >  * Added progress bars to ClamScan for the signature load and
>> > > engine compile steps before a scan begins. The start-up progress
>> > > bars won't be enabled if ClamScan isn't running in a terminal
>> > > (i.e. stdout is not a TTY), or if any of these options are used:-
>> > > -debug--quiet--infected--no-summary
>> > > Other improvements * Added the %f format string option to the
>> > > ClamD VirusEvent feature to insert the file path of the scan
>> > > target when a virus-event occurs. This supplements the
>> > > VirusEvent %v option which prints the signature (virus) name. The
>> > > ClamD VirusEvent feature also provides two environment
>> > > variables, $CLAM_VIRUSEVENT_FILENAME and $CLAM_VIRUSEVENT_VIRUSNA
>> > > ME for a similar effect. Patch courtesy of Vasile Papp.
>> > >  * Improvements to the AutoIt extraction module. Patch courtesy
>> > > of cw2k.
>> > >  * Added support for extracting images from Excel *.xls (OLE2)
>> > > documents.
>> > >  * Trusted SHA256-based Authenticode hashes can now be loaded in
>> > > from *.cat files. For more information, visit our Authenticode
>> > > documentation about using *.cat files with *.crb rules to trust
>> > > signed Windows executables.
>> > > 
>> > > Bug fixes * Fixed a memory leak affecting logical signatures that
>> > > use the "byte compare" feature. Patch courtesy of Andrea De
>> > > Pasquale.
>> > >  * Fixed bytecode match evaluation for PDF bytecode hooks in PDF
>> > > file scans.
>> > >  * Other minor bug fixes.
>> > > 
>> > > AcknowledgmentsThe ClamAV team thanks the following individuals
>> > > for their code submissions:
>> > >  * Alexander Golovach
>> > >  * Andrea De Pasquale
>> > >  * Andrew Williams
>> > >  * Arjen de Korte
>> > >  * Armin Kuster
>> > >  * Brian Bergstrand
>> > >  * cw2k
>> > >  * Duane Waddle
>> > >  * Gianluigi Tiesi
>> > >  * Jonas Zaddach
>> > >  * Kenneth Hau
>> > >  * Mark Fortescue
>> > >  * Markus Strehle
>> > >  * Olliver Schinagl
>> > >  * Orion Poplawski
>> > >  * Sergey Valentey
>> > >  * Sven Rueß
>> > >  * Tom Briden
>> > >  * Tuomo Soini
>> > >  * Vasile Papp
>> > >  * Yasuhiro Kimura
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