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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800325
Category:Denial of Service
Title:F-PROT AV 'ELF' Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:F-PROT Antivirus is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
F-PROT Antivirus is prone to a denial of service vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to error in ELF program with a corrupted header. The
scanner can be exploited while scanning the header.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attackers to bypass anti-virus protection
and cause a Denial of Service condition.

Affected Software/OS:
Frisk Software, F-Prot Antivirus version 4.6.8 and prior on Linux.

Solution:
Upgrade to F-Prot Antivirus version 6.0.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5747
BugTraq ID: 32753
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32753
Bugtraq: 20081210 [IVIZ-08-016] F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypass (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499083
Bugtraq: 20081222 Re: [IVIZ-08-016] F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypass (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499305/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499501/100/0/threaded
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-14.xml
http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34700
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4822
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