Series of products hit by vulnerabilities

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Jul 25, 2007

Researcher finds flaws in ESET, Panda and Norman AV software.

Researcher Sergio Alvarez has reported on vulnerabilities found in a string of anti-virus products this week, with software ranges from ESET, Panda and Norman all hit by serious buffer-overflow flaws, allowing remote access if exploited.

The ESET problems involve the handling of CAB archives and files packed with ASpack, with NOD32 anti-virus systems for most platforms affected. Norman's issues also affect archive handling, in this case ACE and LZH, as well as DOC files, while the Panda overflows can be caused by specially crafted executables; again, multiple products from both vendors are affected.

All the vulnerabilities have been patched by recent updates, and users should be sure they are running fully up-to-date software to ensure they are protected. Summaries of the flaws at Secunia are here (ESET), here (Norman) and here (Panda), while more detailed descriptions of the discoveries are in the initial reports from Alvarez on nruns.com.

Posted on 25 July 2007 by Virus Bulletin

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