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Denial of Service vulnerability in AVG Anti-Virus (Linux)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Wont Fix
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with AVG Anti-Virus and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by a memory corruption error when the scan engine processes malformed UPX files.
Affected Software
Affected Software
AVG Anti-Virus version 7.5.51 and prior on Linux.
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.