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Layered Defense Research Advisory 18 March 2007
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1) Affected Software
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Version 6.02
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2) Severity Rating:
Low risk
Impact: Local read write arbitrary memory, denial of service.
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3) Description of Vulnerability
A format string vulnerability was discovered within F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Version 6.02. The vulnerability is
due to improper processing of format strings when processing Management Server name field. When special crafted
format strings are entered in to the Management Server name field under Communication settings an attacker can
read/write arbitrary memory and at a minimum can cause a denial of service condition.
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4) Solution
Fix: http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-cs-hotfixes.shtml
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5) Time Table:
11/20/2006 Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
11/29/2007 Vendor acknowledged the vulnerability
03/01/2007 Vendor published hot fix
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6) Credits Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com
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7) Reference
CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-1557 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1557
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8) About Layered Defense Layered Defense, Is a group of security professionals that work together on ethical Research,
Testing and Training within the information security arena. http://www.layereddefense.com
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Layered Defense Research Advisory 18 March 2007
===============================================================
1) Affected Software
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Version 6.02
===============================================================
2) Severity Rating:
Low risk
Impact: Local read write arbitrary memory, denial of service.
===============================================================
3) Description of Vulnerability
A format string vulnerability was discovered within F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security Version 6.02. The vulnerability is
due to improper processing of format strings when processing Management Server name field. When special crafted
format strings are entered in to the Management Server name field under Communication settings an attacker can
read/write arbitrary memory and at a minimum can cause a denial of service condition.
===============================================================
4) Solution
Fix: http://support.f-secure.com/enu/corporate/downloads/hotfixes/av-cs-hotfixes.shtml
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5) Time Table:
11/20/2006 Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
11/29/2007 Vendor acknowledged the vulnerability
03/01/2007 Vendor published hot fix
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6) Credits Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com
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7) Reference
CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-1557 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1557
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8) About Layered Defense Layered Defense, Is a group of security professionals that work together on ethical Research,
Testing and Training within the information security arena. http://www.layereddefense.com
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