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Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Administrative Interface Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA17049
Release Date: 2005-10-05
Last Update: 2005-10-10
Popularity: 15,801 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the web-based Administrative Interface when handling a HTTP request. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted HTTP request that contains a negative value in certain HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation allows arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges, but requires the ability to send HTTP requests to port 8004/tcp.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following versions:
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine (version 4.0 and 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for ISA (version 4.0 and 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Netapp Filer (version 4.0).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Messaging (version 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Netapp NetCache (version 4.0).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Network Attached Storage (version 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Bluecoat (version 4.0).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Caching (version 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Microsoft SharePoint (version 4.3).
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Clearswift (version 4.0 and 4.3).

Other products that use the Scan Engine may also affected.

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