F-Secure Anti-Virus 6.40/6.41/6.42/6.50 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus 6.40/6.41/6.42/6.50. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-2838. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F-Secure Anti-Virus 6.40/6.41/6.42/6.50 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the web console in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.40, and Internet Gatekeeper 6.40 through 6.42 and 6.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: By default, the connections are only allowed from the local host.

The bug was discovered 06/01/2006. The weakness was presented 06/01/2006 by Mikko Korppi (Website). The advisory is shared at f-secure.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-2838 since 06/05/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21644 (F-Secure Multiple Products Web Console Pre-authentication Overflow RCE), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.f-secure.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9000.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26799), Tenable (21644), SecurityFocus (BID 18201†), OSVDB (25937†) and Secunia (SA20407†). See VDB-2272 for similar entry. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21644
Nessus Name: F-Secure Multiple Products Web Console Pre-authentication Overflow RCE
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Patch: ftp.f-secure.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f-secure.com

Advisory: f-secure.com
Researcher: Mikko Korppi
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2838 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2273
X-Force: 26799
SecurityFocus: 18201 - F-Secure Multiple Products Web Console Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 20407 - F-Secure Products Web Console Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 25937 - F-Secure - Multiple Products - Web Console - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016196
Vulnerability Center: 11882 - F-Secure Anti-Virus Remote Buffer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2076

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/02/2006 13:01
Updated: 06/20/2019 16:15
Changes: 06/02/2006 13:01 (79), 06/20/2019 16:15 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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