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F-Secure Packed Executable and Archive Scanning Denial of Service Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA25440  
Release Date: 2007-05-30
Last Update: 2007-06-06

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:F-Secure Anti-Virus 2005
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2007
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux 4.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MIMEsweeper 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 7.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Security 5.x
F-Secure Client Security 7.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.x
F-Secure Internet Security 2005
F-Secure Internet Security 2006
F-Secure Internet Security 2007

CVE reference:CVE-2007-2967 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in various F-Secure products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the scanning of certain archives and packed executables (e.g. FSG packed files, ARJ archives), which can be exploited to cause an infinite loop.

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Solution:
Fixed automatically in database updates.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Sergio Alvarez, n.runs AG.

Changelog:
2007-06-01: Added CVE reference.
2007-06-06: Updated "Description" section. Added additional links in "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
F-Secure:
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2007-3.shtml

n.runs AG:
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn....sing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt
http://www.nruns.com/advisories/%5Bn....sing%20Infinite%20Loop%20Advisory.txt



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