----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ iViZ Security Advisory 08-014 10/12/2008 ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. http://www.ivizsecurity.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Title: AVG antivirus for Linux vulnerability * Date: 10/12/2008 * Software: AVG version 7.5.51 --[ Synopsis: AVG antivirus can be deterministically forced to crash (segmentation fault) when analyzing corrupted UPX files. --[ Affected Software: * AVG for Linux version 7.5.51 (current), possibly others. --[ Impact: Remote DoS, possibly remote code execution. --[ Vendor response: * None. --[ Credits: This vulnerability was discovered by Security Researcher Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd. --[ Disclosure timeline: * First attempt to contact the vendor on September 18th 2008. * Received an automated reply on September 18th 2008. * No actual reponse from vendor in spite of our multiple emails. --[ Reference: http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory.html