TITLE:
McAfee VirusScan DUNZIP32.dll Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19451

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19451/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
McAfee VirusScan 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/9052/
McAfee SecurityCenter 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/6437/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in McAfee VirusScan, which 
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise 
a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in a 
3rd-party compression library (DUNZIP32.dll) when processing 
virus definition files. This can be exploited to cause a buffer 
overflow via a specially crafted definition file.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA12869

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked 
into updating the virus definition file from a malicious site.

The vulnerability has been reported in McAfee VirusScan version 
10.0.21 included with McAfee SecurityCenter Agent version 
6.0.0.16.  Prior versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to the fixed version of DUNZUIP32.dll via online update.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/mcafee-virusscan.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12869:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12869/
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