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Secunia Security Advisory 17024

Secunia Security Advisory 17024
Posted Oct 4, 2005
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Kaspersky Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 17024

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TITLE:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus CAB Archive Handling Buffer Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17024

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17024/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/2781/
Kaspersky SMTP Gateway 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4100/

DESCRIPTION:
Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Kaspersky Anti-Virus,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in "cab.ppl" when
processing malformed CAB archives. This can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow and allows arbitrary code execution when a
malicious CAB archive is scanned.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 5.0.20.0. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious CAB files at the perimeter.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alex Wheeler

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/kaspersky.pdf

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About:
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everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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