F-Secure Anti-Virus RAR and ZIP file scan detection bypass
| fsecure-rar-zip-scan-bypass (24199) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple F-Secure Anti-Virus products fail to properly handle specially-crafted RAR and ZIP files, caused by a vulnerability in the scanning functionality. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating malformed RAR and ZIP files containing malware, viruses, or other malicious payloads that would bypass scan detection on vulnerable systems.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Refer to F-Secure Security Bulletin FSC-2006-1 for upgrade information. See References.
References:
- F-Secure Security Bulletin FSC-2006-1: Code execution vulnerability in ZIP and RAR-archive handling.
- BID-16309: F-Secure Multiple Archive Handling Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0338: Multiple F-Secure Anti-Virus products and versions for Windows and Linux, including Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.52 and earlier, Internet Security 2004, 2005 and 2006, and Anti-Virus for Linux Servers 4.64 and earlier, allow remote attackers to hide arbitrary files and data via malformed (1) RAR and (2) ZIP archives, which are not properly scanned.
- OSVDB ID: 22633: F-Secure Anti-Virus Crafted ZIP/RAR Scanner Bypass
- SA18529: F-Secure Anti-Virus Archive Handling Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015507: F-Secure Anti-Virus Buffer Overflow in Processing ZIP Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1015508: F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper Buffer Overflow in Processing ZIP Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1015509: F-Secure Personal Express Overflow in Processing ZIP Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1015510: F-Secure Internet Security Buffer Overflow in Processing ZIP Archives Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0257: F-Secure Anti-Virus Buffer Overflow and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2004
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2005
- F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
- F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.01 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 5.52
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Firewalls 6.20 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Gateways 4.64 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux Servers 4.64 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux WS 4.52 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.40 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Samba Servers 4.62
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.52
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstation 5.44
- F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Sec 5.11 and prior
- F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Sec 5.11 and prior
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.42
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.14
- F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.x
- F-Secure Internet Security 2004
- F-Secure Internet Security 2005
- F-Secure Internet Security 2006
- F-Secure Personal Express 6.20 and prior
Reported:
Jan 19, 2006
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