Trend Micro: [Vulnerability Confirmation] Antivirus UPX Parsing Kernel Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
| Solution ID: | 1034289 A recent system upgrade added a ‘1′ or ‘2′ to old solution IDs. You find these solutions by removing or retaining the extra ‘1′ or ‘2′. |
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| Product: | Scan Engine - 8.300, Scan Engine - 8.000 | |
| Operating System: | N/A | |
| Published: | 2/6/07 5:18 AM |
| Problem: |
Trend Micro has become aware of a vulnerability in its Scan Engine, wherein a corrupted UPX file can cause a buffer overflow and lead to either of the following: • Blue screen of death (BSOD) • Execution of arbitrary code that allows an attacker to take control of the system It affects all Trend Micro products and versions using the Scan Engine and Pattern File technology. A complete list of products is found in: |
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| Solution: |
To address the vulnerability, update to virus pattern file 4.245.00 or higher. This provides the following fixes: • Update of the UPX Parsing algorithm • Generic detection for malformed UPX files Enhancements will also be applied on the Scan Engine and the fix will be included in the upcoming release of version 8.5. If you encounter issues downloading the pattern file from the ActiveUpdate server, refer to the following manual update solutions: Client / Server / Messaging Security for SMB Manually updating the Pattern File on the Security Server Manually updating the Pattern File on the Client / Server Security Agent Manually updating the Pattern File on the Messaging Security Agent Client / Server Security for SMB Manually updating the Pattern File on the Security Server Manually updating the Pattern File on the Client / Server Security Agent InterScan Messaging Security Suite InterScan VirusWall for SMB (version 5.0) ScanMail for Microsoft Exchange ServerProtect for Microsoft Windows ServerProtect for Novell NetWare Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2005 Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 If you suspect that you may have been affected by this vulnerability, contact your Technical Account Manager or Trend Micro Technical Support Services in your region. This vulnerability was reported to Trend Micro by the iDefense Vulnerability Labs. |
