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BitDefenderfor Linux PE File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 22 Dec 2008 4793 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in BitDefender for Linux, which could be exploited by attackers or malware to cause a denial of service or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the scanning engine when processing malformed PE binaries packed with NeoLite or ASProtect, which could be exploited to crash an affected system or potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted PE file.


Impact

  • Denial of Service
  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • BitDefender for Linux version 7.60825 and prior

Solutions

  • Upgrade to the latest version.

  • Vulnerability Identifier

    • No CVE information is available

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