VDB-2729 · CVE-2006-6458 · BID 21509

Trend Micro PC Cillin Internet Security 2006 up to 14.x RAR Archive denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Trend Micro PC Cillin Internet Security 2006 up to 14.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component RAR Archive Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-6458. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Trend Micro PC Cillin Internet Security 2006 up to 14.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component RAR Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Trend Micro scan engine before 8.320 for Windows and before 8.150 on HP-UX and AIX, as used in Trend Micro PC Cillin - Internet Security 2006, Office Scan 7.3, and Server Protect 5.58, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero, which triggers an infinite loop.

The weakness was shared 12/11/2006 by Titon, Damian Put and eine anonyme Person with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at labs.idefense.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-6458 since 12/11/2006. 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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sophos.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21509†), OSVDB (31876†) and Secunia (SA23321†). The entries VDB-2731 and VDB-2730 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: sophos.com

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12/09/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: trendmicro.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Titon, Damian Put, eine anonyme Person
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6458 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6458
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2729
SecurityFocus: 21509 - Multiple Trend Micro Antivirus RAR Archive Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23321 - Trend Micro Products RAR Processing Denial Of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31876
Vupen: ADV-2006-4918

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2006 13:22
Updated: 03/13/2021 16:30
Changes: 12/14/2006 13:22 (62), 12/02/2015 11:08 (2), 03/13/2021 16:30 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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