Layered Defense Research Advisory: BitDefender Client 8.02 Format String Vulnerability
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Layered Defense Research Advisory 18 January 2007
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1) Affected Software
BitDefender Client Professional Plus build 8.02
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2) Severity Rating:
Low risk
Impact: Local read write arbitrary memory, denial of service.
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3) Description of Vulnerability
A format string vulnerability was discovered within BitDefender Client
Professional Plus build 8.02. The vulnerability is due to improper processing
of format strings when scan logs are created. When special crafted format
strings are entered in to the scan job settings an attacker can read/write
arbitrary memory and at a minimum can cause a denial of service condition.
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4) Solution
Fix: Installed BitDefender solutions were updated automatically through the
regular update function.
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5) Time Table:
01/02/2007 Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
01/04/2007 Vendor acknowledged the vulnerability
01/18/2007 Vendor releases fix
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6) Credits Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com
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7) Reference
Bitdefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/KB325-en--Format-string-vulnerability.html
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8) About Layered Defense: Layered Defense, Is a group of security professionals
that work together on ethical Research, Testing and Training within the
information security arena. http://www.layereddefense.com
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