Activity log for bug #1940927

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2021-08-24 11:25:29 Nils Toedtmann bug added bug
2021-08-24 11:26:36 Nils Toedtmann description 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 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 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
2021-08-24 11:29:42 Launchpad Janitor clamav (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2021-08-24 11:29:58 Elsmorian bug added subscriber Elsmorian
2021-08-25 19:45:12 Athos Ribeiro clamav (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Triaged