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F-Secure Packed Executable and Archive Scanning Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory:	SA25440	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-05-30
Last Update:	2007-06-06
Popularity:	5,586 views

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

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-2967

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. 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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