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F-Secure Archives Handling Unspecified Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29397  
Release Date: 2008-03-17
Last Update: 2008-03-25

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

OS:F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway P-Series
F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway X-Series

Software:F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2007
F-Secure Anti-Virus 2008
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 5.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.x
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 7.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 Microsoft Exchange 7.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 Internet Gatekeeper 6.x
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.x
F-Secure Internet Security 2006
F-Secure Internet Security 2007
F-Secure Internet Security 2008

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1412 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in various F-Secure products, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the handling of archives. These can be exploited to crash or hang an affected product, or to potentially execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerabilities affect the following products:

* F-Secure Internet Security 2006, 2007, 2007 Second Edition, and 2008
* F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006, 2007, 2007 Second Edition, and 2008
* F-Secure Client Security 7.11 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.04 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for Workstations 7.11 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client Security 5.54 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for Linux 4.65 and earlier
* Solutions based on F-Secure Protection Service for Consumers version 7.00 and earlier
* Solutions based on F-Secure Protection Service for Business version 3.10 and earlier
* F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus™ for S60 2nd edition
* F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus™ for Windows Mobile 2003/5.0/6
* F-Secure Mobile Security™ for Series 80
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 7.01 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for Citrix Servers 7.00 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Server Security 5.54 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 7.10 and earlier
* F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper 6.61, Windows and earlier
* F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 2.16 and earlier
* F-Secure Anti-Virus for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier
* F-Secure Messaging Security Gateway 4.0.7 and earlier

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Apply patches. Please see the vendor's advisory for details.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits University of Oulu.

Changelog:
2008-03-25: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2008-2.shtml



Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.

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