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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200904-14 ] F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Serv |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities (GLSA 200904-14)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 14, 2009
Updated: April 17, 2009
Bug(s): #232665, #253497
ID: 200904-14
Synopsis
Multiple errors in F-PROT Antivirus may lead to a Denial of Service.
Background
F-PROT Antivirus is a multi-platform virus scanner for workstations and mail servers.
Affected Packages
Package: app-antivirus/f-prot
Vulnerable: < 6.0.2
Unaffected: >= 6.0.2
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
The following vulnerabilities were found: - Multiple errors when processing UPX, ASPack or Microsoft Office files (CVE-2008-3243).
- Infinite Sergio Alvarez of n.runs AG reported an invalid memory access when processing a CHM file with a large nb_dir value (CVE-2008-3244).
- Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions reported that F-PROT Antivirus does not correctly process ELF binaries with corrupted headers (CVE-2008-5747).
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to scan a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or infinite loop.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All F-PROT Antivirus users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/f-prot-6.0.2" |
References
CVE-2008-3243
CVE-2008-3244
CVE-2008-5747
Last edited by GLSA on Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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