Series of products hit by vulnerabilities

Researcher finds flaws in ESET, Panda and Norman AV software.

Researcher Sergio Alvarez has reported on vulnerabilities found in a string of anti-virus products this week, with software ranges from

ESET

,

Panda

and

Norman

all hit by serious buffer-overflow flaws, allowing remote access if exploited.

The

ESET

problems involve the handling of CAB archives and files packed with ASpack, with

NOD32

anti-virus systems for most platforms affected.

Norman

‘s issues also affect archive handling, in this case ACE and LZH, as well as DOC files, while the

Panda

overflows can be caused by specially crafted executables; again, multiple products from both vendors are affected.

All the vulnerabilities have been patched by recent updates, and users should be sure they are running fully up-to-date software to ensure they are protected. Summaries of the flaws at

Secunia

are

here

(

ESET

),

here

(

Norman

) and

here

(

Panda

), while more detailed descriptions of the discoveries are in the initial reports from Alvarez on


nruns.com


.

Posted on 25 July 2007 by

Virus Bulletin