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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