avast! 4 Home and Professional TAR code execution
| avast-tar-code-execution (38877) |  High Risk |
Description:
avast! 4 Home and Professional could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the improper handling of TAR files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR file using unspecified TAR fields, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt heap memory and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Platforms Affected:
- Alwil, avast! 4 Home Edition prior to 4.7.1098
- Alwil, avast! 4 Professional Edition prior to 4.7.1098
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of avast! 4 Home or avast! 4 Professional (4.7.1098 or later), available from the avast! Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- avast! Web site, avast! 4 Home/Professional Revision History: Version 4.7.1098 at http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-4-home_pro-revision-history.html.
- Sowhat's HomePage, Avast! AntiVirus TAR Processing Remote Heap Corruption at http://secway.org/advisory/AD20071206.txt.
- BID-26702: avast! Home/Professional TAR File Handling Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-6265: Unspecified vulnerability in avast! 4 Home and Professional Editions before 4.7.1098 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted TAR archive.
- SA27929: avast! Home/Professional TAR File Processing Heap Corruption
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-4097: avast! 4 Home/Professional TAR File Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
Reported:
Dec 04, 2007
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