Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:31:09 +0530
From: "iViZ Security Advisories" <advisories@ivizsecurity.com.>
To: [email protected], [email protected]Subject: [IVIZ-08-014] AVG antivirus for Linux vulnerability
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[ 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
