CVE-2012-1456
Description
The TAR file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, and Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR file with an appended ZIP file. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different TAR parser implementations.
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| aladdin esafe | 7.0.17.0 | — |
| avg avg_anti-virus | 10.0.0.1190 | — |
| cat quick_heal | 11.00 | — |
| comodo comodo_antivirus | 7424 | — |
| emsisoft anti-malware | 5.1.0.1 | — |
| eset nod32_antivirus | 5795 | — |
| f-prot f-prot_antivirus | 4.6.2.117 | — |
| fortinet fortinet_antivirus | 4.2.254.0 | — |
| ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner | 1.1.97.0 | — |
| jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus | 13.0.900 | — |
| kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus | 7.0.0.125 | — |
| mcafee gateway | 2010.1c | — |
| mcafee scan_engine | 5.400.0.1158 | — |
| norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware | 6.06.12 | — |
| pandasecurity panda_antivirus | 10.0.2.7 | — |
| rising-global rising_antivirus | 22.83.00.03 | — |
| sophos sophos_anti-virus | 4.61.0 | — |
| symantec endpoint_protection | 11.0 | — |
| trendmicro housecall | 9.120.0.1004 | — |
| trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus | 9.120.0.1004 | — |
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