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>> F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux CHM Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux CHM Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2029
CVE ID : CVE-2005-3664
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-10-11
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A vulnerability has been identified in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a heap overflow error in the CHM file format parser that does not properly handle malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands and compromise a vulnerable system (e.g. by sending an email containing a malicious CHM file).
Affected Products
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux version 4.50 and prior
Solution
This vulnerability has been addressed via a signature update (July 2005).
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2029
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=318&type=vulnerabilities
Credits
Vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE
ChangeLog
2005-10-11 : Initial release.
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