F-Prot Antivirus ACE file denial of service
| fprot-ace-dos (30707) |  Low Risk |
Description:
F-Prot Antivirus is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper parsing of ACE compressed files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted ACE file to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and consume all available resources.
Platforms Affected:
- F-PROT, F-PROT Antivirus 4.6.6
- Gentoo, Linux
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of F-Prot Antivirus (4.6.7 or later), available from the F-Prot Antivirus Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- F-Prot Antivirus Web site, New versions of F-Prot Antivirus - F-Prot Antivirus News at http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Dec 04 2006 - 07:48:59 CST, F-Prot Antivirus for Unix: heap overflow and Denial of Service at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0074.html.
- BID-21420: F-PROT Antivirus ACE Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6352: FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ACE file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.
- GLSA-200612-12: F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1017331: F-Prot Antivirus CHM File Buffer Overflow and ACE Archive Infinite Loop Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Reported:
Dec 04, 2006
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