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Public Beta of CSI and WSUS Integration
http://secunia.com/blog/74


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TITLE:
avast! Home/Professional "aavmker4.sys" Memory Corruption
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38689

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38689/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in avast! Home/Professional, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA38677

The vulnerability is reported in version 4.8.1368.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability is fixed in version 5.0.418.

Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tobias Klein

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Tobias Klein
http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2010-003.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38677
http://secunia.com/advisories/38677/

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