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Kerio Personal Firewall Network Rules Security Bypass Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA14717  
Release Date: 2005-03-30
Last Update: 2005-04-05

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Kerio Personal Firewall 4.x

CVE reference:CVE-2005-0964 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Petr Matousek has reported a vulnerability in Kerio Personal Firewall, which can be exploited by malicious programs to bypass the firewall rules.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error making it possible for a malicious process to bypass the firewall network rules by impersonating another process allowed to access the Internet.

Successful exploitation requires that a malicious program has been executed on the user's system.

The vulnerability affects versions 4.1.2 and prior.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Update to version 4.1.3.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Petr Matousek

Changelog:
2005-04-05: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
Kerio:
http://www.kerio.com/security_advisory.html#0503



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9 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Kerio Personal Firewall Hooked Functions Denial of Service
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3. Kerio Personal/Server Firewall FWDRV Driver Denial of Service
4. Kerio Products Password Brute Force and Denial of Service
5. Kerio Personal Firewall IP Option Denial of Service Vulnerability
6. Kerio Personal Firewall Program Execution Protection Feature Bypass
7. Kerio Personal Firewall URL Handling Denial of Service
8. Kerio Personal Firewall TCP Stealth Scan Detection Vulnerability
9. Kerio Personal Firewall Filter Bypass Security Issue


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