[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200904-14 ] F-PROT Antivirus: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200904-14:02

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: F-PROT Antivirus: Denial of Service

Date: April 14, 2009

Updated: April 14, 2009

Bugs: #253497

ID: 200904-14:02

 

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Synopsis

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An error in F-PROT Antivirus may lead to a Denial of Service.

 

Background

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F-PROT Antivirus is a multi-platform virus scanner for workstations and

mail servers.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-antivirus/f-prot < 6.0.2 >= 6.0.2

 

Description

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Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions reported that F-PROT

Antivirus does not correctly process ELF binaries with corrupted

headers.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to scan a

specially crafted ELF binary, leading to a crash.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All F-PROT Antivirus users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/f-prot-6.0.2"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5747

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5747

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5