Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6352 - Remote Denial Of Service vulnerability in Frisk Software F-Prot Antivirus 3.16F

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
frisk-software
nessus
exploit available

Summary

FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ACE file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Frisk_Software
2

Exploit-Db

descriptionF-Prot Antivirus 4.6.6 (ACE) Denial of Service Exploit. CVE-2006-6352. Dos exploit for linux platform
fileexploits/linux/dos/2892.py
idEDB-ID:2892
last seen2016-01-31
modified2006-12-04
platformlinux
port
published2006-12-04
reporterEvgeny Legerov
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/2892/
titleF-Prot Antivirus 4.6.6 ACE Denial of Service Exploit
typedos

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200612-12.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200612-12 (F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple vulnerabilities) F-Prot Antivirus version 4.6.7 fixes a heap-based buffer overflow, an infinite loop, and other unspecified vulnerabilities. Impact : Among other weaker impacts, a remote attacker could send an e-mail containing a malicious file that would trigger the buffer overflow vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running F-Prot, which may be the root user. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id23864
published2006-12-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23864
titleGLSA-200612-12 : F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200612-12.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23864);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:43");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-6293", "CVE-2006-6294", "CVE-2006-6352");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200612-12");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200612-12 : F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200612-12
(F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    F-Prot Antivirus version 4.6.7 fixes a heap-based buffer overflow, an
    infinite loop, and other unspecified vulnerabilities.
  
Impact :

    Among other weaker impacts, a remote attacker could send an e-mail
    containing a malicious file that would trigger the buffer overflow
    vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
    user running F-Prot, which may be the root user.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200612-12"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All F-Prot users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-antivirus/f-prot-4.6.7'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:f-prot");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/12/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/12/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/11/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-antivirus/f-prot", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.6.7"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.6.7"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "F-PROT Antivirus");
}