BitDefender vulnerability disclosed
Details released of overflow issue reported and patched.
BitDefender and several security-watching sites have unveiled details of a serious overflow vulnerability in the
parsing of packed PE files, first reported to the company in August and patched within a week.
The flaw, which could have been exploited by a maliciously crafted file to gain remote system access, was first
alerted on by a security researcher on August 24th, and details were provided to BitDefender a few days later;
the fix was released on August 29th, and no exploit is believed to have taken advantage of the issue.
BitDefender's announcement of the events is
here, while alerts are available
from Full-disclosure
and Secunia.
18 December 2006
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