CVE - CVE-2012-1459

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-1459	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The TAR file parser in AhnLab V3 Internet Security 2011.01.18.00, Avira AntiVir 7.11.1.163, Antiy Labs AVL SDK 2.0.3.7, avast! Antivirus 4.8.1351.0 and 5.0.677.0, AVG Anti-Virus 10.0.0.1190, Bitdefender 7.2, Quick Heal (aka Cat QuickHeal) 11.00, ClamAV 0.96.4, Command Antivirus 5.2.11.5, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, F-Prot Antivirus 4.6.2.117, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Fortinet Antivirus 4.2.254.0, G Data AntiVirus 21, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, Jiangmin Antivirus 13.0.900, K7 AntiVirus 9.77.3565, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0.0.125, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, Antimalware Engine 1.1.6402.0 in Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0, NOD32 Antivirus 5795, Norman Antivirus 6.06.12, nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01, Panda Antivirus 10.0.2.7, PC Tools AntiVirus 7.0.3.5, Rising Antivirus 22.83.00.03, Sophos Anti-Virus 4.61.0, AVEngine 20101.3.0.103 in Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, Trend Micro AntiVirus 9.120.0.1004, Trend Micro HouseCall 9.120.0.1004, VBA32 3.12.14.2, and VirusBuster 13.6.151.0 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a TAR archive entry with a length field corresponding to that entire entry, plus part of the header of the next entry. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different TAR parser implementations.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:52623 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52623 BUGTRAQ:20120319 Evasion attacks expoliting file-parsing vulnerabilities in antivirus products URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522005 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2012:094 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:094~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://www.ieee-security.org/TC/SP2012/program.html OSVDB:80389 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80389~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80390 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80390~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80391 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80391~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80392 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80392~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80393 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80393~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80395 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80395~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80396 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80396~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80403 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80403~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80406 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80406~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80407 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80407~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:80409 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/80409~~ (Obsolete source) SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2012:0833 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00002.html XF:multiple-av-tar-header-evasion(74302) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74302
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120229	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120229)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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