CVE-2012-1461

Medium

Description

The Gzip file parser in AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, 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, 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, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, and VBA32 3.12.14.2 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a .tar.gz file with multiple compressed streams. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different Gzip parser implementations.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAnti-virus Vba32
PublishedMar 21, 2012
First seenMar 21, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
anti-virus vba323.12.14.2—
authentium command_antivirus5.2.11.5—
avg avg_anti-virus10.0.0.1190—
bitdefender bitdefender7.2—
emsisoft anti-malware5.1.0.1—
eset nod32_antivirus5795—
f-secure f-secure_anti-virus9.0.16160.0—
fortinet fortinet_antivirus4.2.254.0—
ikarus ikarus_virus_utilities_t3_command_line_scanner1.1.97.0—
jiangmin jiangmin_antivirus13.0.900—
k7computing antivirus9.77.3565—
kaspersky kaspersky_anti-virus7.0.0.125—
mcafee gateway2010.1c—
mcafee scan_engine5.400.0.1158—
norman norman_antivirus_\&_antispyware6.06.12—
rising-global rising_antivirus22.83.00.03—
sophos sophos_anti-virus4.61.0—
symantec endpoint_protection11.0—
trendmicro housecall9.120.0.1004—
trendmicro trend_micro_antivirus9.120.0.1004—

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