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PCWorks: avast AntiVirus Unspecified CHM Unpacker Vulnerability
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2006-06-02 12:31:57
TITLE:
avast! Unspecified CHM Unpacker Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20387

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/20387/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
avast! Antivirus 4.x
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/5162/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability with an unknown impact has been reported in 
avast!
Antivirus.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in
the 
CHM
unpacker.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 4.7.827 and 
prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.7.844, which temporarily disables the
CHM
unpacker.
http://www.ava
st.com/eng/programs.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
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