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McAfee Multiple Products LHA File Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory:	SA14628	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-03-18
Last Update:	2005-03-21
Popularity:	16,409 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	McAfee WebShield Appliances

Software:	McAfee Active Mail Protection McAfee Active Threat Protection McAfee Active Virus Defense SMB Edition McAfee Active VirusScan SMB Edition McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 2000 5.x McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 4.x McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 5.x McAfee GroupShield for Exchange 6.x McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on AIX 5.x McAfee GroupShield for Lotus Domino on Windows 5.x McAfee GroupShield for Mail Servers with ePO McAfee LinuxShield 1.x McAfee Managed VirusScan McAfee Netshield for Netware 4.x McAfee PortalShield for Microsoft SharePoint McAfee SecurityShield for Microsoft ISA Server McAfee VirusScan 4.x McAfee VirusScan 8.x/2004 McAfee VirusScan 9.x/2005 McAfee VirusScan Command Line McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.x McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) 7.x McAfee VirusScan NetApp McAfee VirusScan Professional 7.x McAfee WebShield SMTP 4.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-0643 CVE-2005-0644

Description: ISS X-Force has reported a vulnerability in multiple McAfee products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the AV scanning engine when processing LHA archives and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted LHA file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability has been reported in version 4320 of the AV scanning engine and affects the following products: * Internet Security Suite * VirusScan (all versions) * VirusScan Professional * Active Virus Defense SMB Edition * Active VirusScan SMB Edition * Active Threat Protection * Active Mail Protection * GroupShield for Exchange * GroupShield for Exchange 5.5 * GroupShield for Lotus Domino * GroupShield for Mail Servers with ePO * LinuxShield * NetShield for Netware * PC Security Suite * PortalShield for Microsoft SharePoint * SecurityShield for Microsoft ISA Server * Virex * VirusScan ASaP * Managed VirusScan * VirusScan Command Line * VirusScan for NetApp * VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i * Web Essentials * WebShield Appliances * WebShield SMTP Solution: The vendor recommends applying the latest .DAT files and updating to AV scanning engine version 4400. Provided and/or discovered by: Alex Wheeler, ISS X-Force. Changelog: 2005-03-21: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. Original Advisory: McAfee: http://us.mcafee.com/root/support.asp?id=4320_faqs ISS X-Force: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/190 Other References: US-CERT VU#361180: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361180

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