CVE-2020-9399

Medium

Description

The Avast AV parsing engine allows virus-detection bypass via a crafted ZIP archive. This affects versions before 12 definitions 200114-0 of Antivirus Pro, Antivirus Pro Plus, and Antivirus for Linux.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductAvast Antivirus For Linux
PublishedFeb 28, 2020
First seenFeb 28, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • avast antivirus_for_linux12.0 or later
  • avast antivirus_pro12.0 or later
  • avast antivirus_pro_plus12.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
avast antivirus_for_linuxv < 12.012.0
avast antivirus_prov < 12.012.0
avast antivirus_pro_plusv < 12.012.0

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