[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#991890: Bug#991890: clamav-freshclam: fails to update virus database, cannot apply patch

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Obviously, if a bug is left unattended for 4 years, it will eventually
resolve itself.

la 6.9.2025 klo 14.10 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
(sebastian at breakpoint.cc) kirjoitti:
>
> On 2021-08-04 17:49:00 [+0300], Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > Package: clamav-freshclam
> > Version: 0.103.3+dfsg-1
> > Severity: important
> >
> Hi,
>
> > Aug  4 17:46:16 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:16 2021 -> ClamAV update process started at Wed Aug  4 17:46:16 2021
> > Aug  4 17:46:16 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:16 2021 -> daily database available for update (local version: 26206, remote version: 26253)
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> !cdiff_apply: lseek(desc, -350, SEEK_END) failed
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> !downloadPatch: Can't apply patch
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> Downloaded 25 patches for daily, which is fewer than the 47 expected patches.
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> We'll settle for this partial-update, at least for now.
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> Testing database: '/var/lib/clamav/tmp.67ac57ba2e/clamav-5d56aa35f9c24813f6ddcbf358c53519.tmp-daily.cld' ...
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> ~[LibClamAV] **************************************************
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> ~[LibClamAV] ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> ~[LibClamAV] ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
> > Aug  4 17:46:20 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:20 2021 -> ~[LibClamAV] **************************************************
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] hm_addhash_str: invalid hash 2512df6c7973acedbd589e37da6c�c7a
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] cli_loadhash: Malformed hash string at line 2967330
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] cli_loadhash: Problem parsing database at line 2967330
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] Can't load daily.hsb: Invalid argument passed to function
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] cli_tgzload: Can't load daily.hsb
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^[LibClamAV] Can't load /var/lib/clamav/tmp.67ac57ba2e/clamav-5d56aa35f9c24813f6ddcbf358c53519.tmp-daily.cld: Malformed database
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19384]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> !Failed to load new database: Malformed database
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> ^Database load exited with "Test failed"
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> !Database test FAILED.
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> !Unexpected error when attempting to update daily: Test failed
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> !Database update process failed: Test failed
> > Aug  4 17:46:23 voima freshclam[19355]: Wed Aug  4 17:46:23 2021 -> !Update failed.
>
> Did this resolve by itself? I just noticed that is quite old.
>
> Sebastian