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Thread ID: 74206 2006-11-14 23:50:00 AVG is vulnerable if your version is less than 7.1.407 KiwiTT_NZ (233) Press F1
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499176 2006-11-14 23:50:00 see details here (secunia.com)
Sergio Alvarez has reported some vulnerabilities in AVG Anti-Virus, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An integer overflow error when parsing CAB archives can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted CAB archive.

2) An unspecified error when parsing RAR archives can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted RAR archive.

3) An uninitialized variable error exists within the parsing of CAB archives.

4) A division by zero error when parsing DOC files may in certain cases cause a DoS via a specially crafted DOC file.

5) An unspecified error exists within the parsing of EXE files.

The vulnerabilities are reported in AVG Antivirus software versions prior to 7.1.407.Time to upgrade to 7.5, if you haven't already.
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