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| <glsa id="200904-14"> |
| <title>F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities</title> |
| <synopsis> |
| Multiple errors in F-PROT Antivirus may lead to a Denial of Service. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">f-prot</product> |
| <announced>April 14, 2009</announced> |
| <revised>April 17, 2009: 04</revised> |
| <bug>232665</bug> |
| <bug>253497</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="app-antivirus/f-prot" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">6.0.2</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">6.0.2</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p> |
| F-PROT Antivirus is a multi-platform virus scanner for workstations and |
| mail servers. |
| </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p> |
| The following vulnerabilities were found: |
| </p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Multiple errors when processing UPX, ASPack or Microsoft Office |
| files (CVE-2008-3243).</li> |
| <li>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).</li> |
| <li>Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions reported that F-PROT |
| Antivirus does not correctly process ELF binaries with corrupted |
| headers (CVE-2008-5747). |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p> |
| A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to scan a |
| specially crafted file, leading to a crash or infinite loop. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p> |
| There is no known workaround at this time. |
| </p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p> |
| All F-PROT Antivirus users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| </p> |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/f-prot-6.0.2"</code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3243">CVE-2008-3243</uri> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3244">CVE-2008-3244</uri> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5747">CVE-2008-5747</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:38:56 +0000"> |
| craig |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:12:22 +0000"> |
| p-y |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:13:03 +0000"> |
| p-y |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |