AVG antivirus for Linux vulnerability

2009.04.13
Credit: iViZ
Risk: Low
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-20


CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10
Impact Subscore: 2.9/10
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10
Exploit range: Remote
Attack complexity: Medium
Authentication: No required
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: Partial

----------------------------------------------------------------------- [ 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


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