[Mimedefang] Researcher Claims Online Anti-virus Scanners Buggy

Tue Apr 13 07:21:00 EDT 2004

> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1563092,00.asp
> UPDATED: Online scanners from Symantec, McAfee and Panda all contain buffer overflows. One researcher claims an attacker could execute arbitrary code, another just that they could crash the browser. 
> Panda reports their software has been fixed and Symantec and McAfee confirm the browser crash.

Saw this on DShield maillist.

Thought it would be of interest here.

Jon Kibler
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Jon R. Kibler
Chief Technical Officer
A.S.E.T., Inc.
Charleston, SC  USA
(843) 849-8214

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