iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.18.04: Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability

Multiple Vendor Anti-Virus Software Detection Evasion Vulnerability iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.18.04 www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=153&type=vulnerabilities October 18, 2004 I. BACKGROUND This vulnerability affects multiple anti-virus vendors including McAfee, Computer Associates,...

Buffer overflow and directory traversal in Microsoft Windows Compressed Folders feature

Buffer overflow and directory traversal while extracting file from .zip archive...

ZIP archives containing files with large filenames can cause buffer overflows

Overview Multiple file decompression utilities contain buffer overflow vulnerabilities for which the impacts vary. Description Researchers at Rapid7, Inc. have discovered that multiple file decompression utilities are susceptible to buffer overflows as a result of large filenames embedded in...