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NEWS/README 0.99-beta1.

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-0.98.7
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-ClamAV 0.98.7 is here! This release contains new scanning features
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-and bug fixes. 
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+This is a preview release of some upcoming ClamAV 0.99 features:
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-    - Improvements to PDF processing: decryption, escape sequence
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-      handling, and file property collection.
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-    - Scanning/analysis of additional Microsoft Office 2003 XML format.
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-    - Fix infinite loop condition on crafted y0da cryptor file. Identified
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-      and patch suggested by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2221.
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-    - Fix crash on crafted petite packed file. Reported and patch
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-      supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2222.
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-    - Fix false negatives on files within iso9660 containers. This issue
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-      was reported by Minzhuan Gong.
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-    - Fix a couple crashes on crafted upack packed file. Identified and
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-      patches supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
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-    - Fix a crash during algorithmic detection on crafted PE file.
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-      Identified and patch supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior.
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-    - Fix an infinite loop condition on a crafted "xz" archive file.
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-      This was reported by Dimitri Kirchner and Goulven Guiheux.
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-      CVE-2015-2668.
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-    - Fix compilation error after ./configure --disable-pthreads.
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-      Reported and fix suggested by John E. Krokes.
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-    - Apply upstream patch for possible heap overflow in Henry Spencer's 
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-      regex library. CVE-2015-2305.
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-    - Fix crash in upx decoder with crafted file. Discovered and patch
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-      supplied by Sebastian Andrzej Siewior. CVE-2015-2170.
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-    - Fix segfault scanning certain HTML files. Reported with sample by
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-      Kai Risku.
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-    - Improve detections within xar/pkg files.
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-As always, we appreciate contributions of bug reports, code fixes,
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-and sample submission from the ClamAV community members:
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-Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
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-Minzhaun Gong
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-Dimitri Kirchner
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-Goulven Guiheux
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-John E. Krokes
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-Kai Risku
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+    - Process YARA rules(with limitations) as ClamAV signatures.
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+    - Support in ClamAV logical signatures many of the features
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+      added for YARA, such as Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.
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+For more details about ClamAV 0.99-beta1, please see the blog post
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+on blog.clamav.net.
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 The ClamAV team (http://www.clamav.net/about.html#credits)
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+This is a preview release of some upcoming ClamAV 0.99 features:
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+    - Process YARA rules(with limitations) as ClamAV signatures.
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+    - Support in ClamAV logical signatures many of the features
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+For more details about ClamAV 0.99-beta1, please see the blog post
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