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>> McAfee VirusScan DUNZIP32.dll Definition File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : McAfee VirusScan DUNZIP32.dll Definition File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1176
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-03-30


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A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee VirusScan, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "DUNZIP32.dll" library when handling specially crafted virus definition files, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to download a specially crafted virus definition file.

Affected Products

McAfee VirusScan version 10.0.21 and prior
McAfee SecurityCenter Agent version 6.0.0.16 and prior

Solution

Security updates are available via the SecurityCenter.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1176
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/mcafee-virusscan.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Juha-Matti Laurio

ChangeLog

2006-03-30 : Initial release

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