CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
92.2%
AVG Anti-Virus is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:avg:anti-virus";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800395");
script_version("2024-02-28T05:05:37+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-28 05:05:37 +0000 (Wed, 28 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-04-17 09:00:01 +0200 (Fri, 17 Apr 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-6662");
script_name("AVG Anti-Virus <= 7.5.51 DoS Vulnerability - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47254");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32749");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3461");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_avg_av_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("avg/antivirus/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code in the
context of the affected application or even can cause denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"AVG Anti-Virus version 7.5.51 and prior on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by a memory corruption error when the scan engine processes
malformed UPX files.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"AVG Anti-Virus is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
exit(0);
}
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less_equal( version:version, test_version:"7.5.51" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"None", install_path:location );
security_message( data:report, port:0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );