Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-3243 - Unspecified vulnerability in F-Prot Antivirus and Scanning Engine

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
f-prot
nessus

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the scanning engine before 4.4.4 in F-Prot Antivirus before 6.0.9.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a crafted UPX-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash; (2) a crafted Microsoft Office file, which triggers an infinite loop; or (3) an ASPack-compressed file, which triggers an engine crash.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idFPROT_MULTIPLE_VULNS.NASL
    descriptionThe version of F-PROT Anti-Virus installed on the remote Windows host contains flaws in the way it handles CHM, UPX-compressed, ASPack-compressed and certain Microsoft office files. - A malformed CHM file containing
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id33549
    published2008-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/33549
    titleF-PROT Antivirus Engine < 4.4.4 Multiple File Handling DoS Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200904-14.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200904-14 (F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities) The following vulnerabilities were found: Multiple errors when processing UPX, ASPack or Microsoft Office files (CVE-2008-3243). Infinite Sergio Alvarez of n.runs AG reported an invalid memory access when processing a CHM file with a large nb_dir value (CVE-2008-3244). Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions reported that F-PROT Antivirus does not correctly process ELF binaries with corrupted headers (CVE-2008-5747). Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to scan a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or infinite loop. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id36158
    published2009-04-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/36158
    titleGLSA-200904-14 : F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities