[IVIZ-08-012] Bitdefender antivirus for Linux multiple vulnerabilities

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[ iViZ Security Advisory 08-012                            10/12/2008 ]
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iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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* Title:     Bitdefender antivirus for Linux multiple vulnerabilities.
* Date:      10/12/2008
* Software:  Bitdefender v7 for Linux

--[ Synopsis:

    Multiple integer overflows were discovered in the GNU/Linux
    version of Bitdefender when analyzing corrupted PE binaries
    packed with neolite and asprotect packers.

--[ Affected Software:

  * Bitdefender for GNU/Linux version 7.60825 and earlier.

--[ Non Affected Software:

  * Bitdefender for GNU/Linux version after v7.60825 and newer.

--[ Impact:

    Remote DoS, possibly remote code execution.

--[ Final vendor response:

  * The vendor acknowledged the problems and fixed them
    in the latest versions of the product.

--[ Credits:

    This vulnerability was discovered by Security Researcher
    Jonathan Brossard from iViZ Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

--[ Disclosure timeline:

  * First private disclosure to vendor on September 19th 2008.
  * First vendor reply on September 19th 2008 : Without asking for any PoC,
    The BitDefender Support Team states that "This has been fixed in
latest version".
  * September 19th 2008 : We manage to repeat crash with the updated
version of the scanner.
  * September 19th 2008 : We send a PoC to the vendor.
  * September 23th 2008 : Vendor states "Yes, the issue was reproduced
in the lab and it
    seems that was an engine problem."
  * September 24th 2008 : Problem fixed in latest version.

--[ Reference:

    http://www.ivizsecurity.com/security-advisory.html