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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:26 pm    Post subject: [ GLSA 200904-14 ] F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Serv Reply with quote

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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