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IVIZ-08-014.txt

Posted on 10 December 2008
Source : packetstormsecurity.org Link

 

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[ iViZ Security Advisory 08-014 10/12/2008 ]
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iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.ivizsecurity.com
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* 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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