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Symantec Products Alert Notification Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA21884
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Release Date:
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2006-09-14
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Last Update:
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2006-09-19
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Popularity:
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11,105 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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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 AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.x
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 8.x
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.x
Symantec Client Security 1.x
Symantec Client Security 2.x
Symantec Client Security 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3454
CVE-2006-4802
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec Client Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or gain escalated privileges.
1) A format string error within the handling of "Tamper Protection" and "Virus Alert Notification" messages can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges by replacing the message with a specially crafted format string.
2) Another format string error exists in the alert notification process when displaying a notification message upon detection of a malicious file. This can be exploited to crash the Real Time Virus Scan service by replacing the message with a specially crafted format string.
Solution:
Apply patches (see patch matrix in vendor advisory).
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Deral Heiland, Layered Defense
2) Reported by the vendor
Changelog:
2006-09-15: Updated credits.
2006-09-19: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.09.13.html
Layered Defense:
http://layereddefense.com/SAV13SEPT.html
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