medium
4.3
CWE
264
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2012-1459

First published: Wed Mar 21 2012(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
AhnLab V3 Internet Security=2011.01.18.00
Alwil Avast Antivirus=4.8.1351.0
Alwil Avast Antivirus=5.0.677.0
Anti-virus Vba32=3.12.14.2
Antiy Avl Sdk=2.0.3.7
Authentium Command Antivirus=5.2.11.5
Avg Avg Anti-virus=10.0.0.1190
Avira AntiVir=7.11.1.163
Bitdefender Bitdefender=7.2
CAT Quick Heal=11.00
Clamav Clamav=0.96.4
Comodo Comodo Antivirus=7424
Emsisoft Anti-Malware=5.1.0.1
Eset Nod32 Antivirus=5795
F-prot F-prot Antivirus=4.6.2.117
F-secure F-secure Anti-virus=9.0.16160.0
Fortinet Fortinet Antivirus=4.2.254.0
Gdata-software G Data Antivirus=21
Ikarus Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner=1.1.97.0
Jiangmin Jiangmin Antivirus=13.0.900
K7computing Antivirus=9.77.3565
Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-virus=7.0.0.125
McAfee Gateway=2010.1c
Mcafee Scan Engine=5.400.0.1158
Microsoft Security Essentials=2.0
Norman Norman Antivirus \& Antispyware=6.06.12
Nprotect Nprotect Antivirus=2011-01-17.01
Pandasecurity Panda Antivirus=10.0.2.7
Pc Tools Pc Tools Antivirus=7.0.3.5
Rising-global Rising Antivirus=22.83.00.03
Sophos Sophos Anti-virus=4.61.0
Symantec Endpoint Protection=11.0
Trendmicro Housecall=9.120.0.1004
Trendmicro Trend Micro Antivirus=9.120.0.1004
Virusbuster Virusbuster=13.6.151.0

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