F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

BID:11600

Info

F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11600
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 03 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 03 2004 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.31
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.30 Service Release 1
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.21
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.3 0
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.2
F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.0 1
F-Secure Anti-Virus 5.3 .0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange is reported prone to a scanner bypass vulnerability. It is reported that a specially crafted archive that is nested within another archive is sufficient to trigger this vulnerability. Such an archive may contain malicious applications and will not be detected and quarantined at the email gateway.

Exploit / POC

F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a hotfix to address this vulnerability:


F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.3 0

F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.30 Service Release 1

F-Secure Anti-Virus for MS Exchange 6.31

References

F-Secure Anti-Virus For Microsoft Exchange Password Protected Archive Scanner Bypass Vulnerability

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