1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200612-12 / f-prot |
| Release Date | December 12, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | December 12, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | high |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| app-antivirus/f-prot | < 4.6.7 | >= 4.6.7 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #157612
F-Prot Antivirus contains a buffer overflow and other unspecified vulnerabilities, possibly allowing the remote execution of arbitrary code.
F-Prot Antivirus is a FRISK Software antivirus program that can used with procmail.
F-Prot Antivirus version 4.6.7 fixes a heap-based buffer overflow, an infinite loop, and other unspecified vulnerabilities.
Among other weaker impacts, a remote attacker could send an e-mail containing a malicious file that would trigger the buffer overflow vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running F-Prot, which may be the root user.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All F-Prot users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-antivirus/f-prot-4.6.7" |