CVE-2008-5747

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5747
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-29 15:24:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:56:00 UTC
DescriptionF-Prot 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection via a crafted ELF program with a "corrupted" header that still allows the program to be executed. NOTE: due to an error in the initial disclosure, F-secure was incorrectly stated as the vendor.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.8 All linux All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 4.6.8 All linux All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory-iviz-sr-08016.html MISC www.ivizsecurity.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
F-Secure f-prot Antivirus for Linux corrupted ELF header Security Bypass - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
Gentoo f-prot Corrupt ELF Headers Denial of Service - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- F-PROT Antivirus: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
F-PROT Antivirus for Linux ELF File Scanning Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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