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Symantec On-Demand Agent Weak Encryption
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21280
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Release Date:
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2006-08-02
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Popularity:
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4,918 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Symantec On-Demand Agent 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3457
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in Symantec On-Demand Agent, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The security issue is caused due to errors in the encryption of files via the virtual desktop. This can be exploited to decrypt the files and disclose the contents.
The security issue has been reported in the following versions:
* Symantec On-Demand Agent 2.5 MR2 (prior to build 2156)
* Symantec On-Demand Agent 2.6 (prior to build 2232)
NOTE: Versions 2.5 and 2.6 for Linux and Macintosh are not affected.
Solution:
Symantec On-Demand Agent 2.5 MR2:
Update to build 2157 or later.
https://support.sygate.com/
Symantec On-Demand Agent 2.6:
Update to build 2233 or later.
https://fileconnect.symantec.com/licenselogin.jsp
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.08.01a.html
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