Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800395
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Denial of Service vulnerability in AVG Anti-Virus (Linux)
Summary:	Check for the version of AVG Anti-Virus
Description:	Overview: This host is installed with AVG Anti-Virus and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is caused by a memory corruption error when the scan engine processes malformed UPX files. Impact: Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application or even can cause denial of service. Impact Level: Application Affected Software/OS: AVG Anti-Virus version 7.5.51 and prior on Linux. Fix: No solution or patch is available as of 17th April, 2009. Information regarding this issue will be updated once the solution details are available. For updates refer to http://www.avg.com References: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47254 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 32749 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-6662 Bugtraq: 20081210 [IVIZ-08-014] AVG antivirus for Linux vulnerability (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122893196715523&w=2 http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08014.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749 http://www.osvdb.org/51962 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461 XForce ISS Database: avg-linux-upx-dos(47254) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47254
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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