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Symantec Norton AntiVirus Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14741
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Release Date:
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2005-03-29
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Last Update:
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2005-03-31
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Popularity:
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17,508 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005
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Description:
Isamu Noguchi has reported two vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) An unspecified error in the Auto-Protect module during scan of specific file types can be exploited to cause the system to hang or crash.
2) An error in the SmartScan feature in Auto-Protect, when a file located on a network share is renamed, can be exploited to consume a large amount of CPU resources or cause a system crash.
The following products are affected:
* Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
* Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 (Professional)
* Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004 (Professional)
* Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
* Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
* Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005 (Premier)
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