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Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow

Secunia Advisory:

SA18131

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Release Date:

2005-12-20

Last Update:

2006-01-30

Popularity:

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Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Symantec Gateway Security 1.x
Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series 3.x
Symantec Gateway Security 5400 Series 2.x

Software:

Symantec AntiSpam for SMTP
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Caching 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Clearswift 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds 3.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Microsoft ISA Server 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Microsoft SharePoint 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus for Network Attached Storage 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus for SMTP Gateways 3.x
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.x
Symantec AntiVirus/Filtering for Domino 3.x
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 4.x
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 5.x
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 6.x
Symantec Client Security 3.x
Symantec Client Security for Nokia Communicator
Symantec Mail Security for Domino 4.x
Symantec Mail Security for Exchange 4.x
Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange 5.x
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006
Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 9.x
Symantec Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange 2.x
Symantec Norton AntiVirus Solution 7.5
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006
Symantec Norton Internet Security for Macintosh 3.x
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2005
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2006
Symantec Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh 3.x
Symantec Scan Engine 5.x
Symantec Web Security 3.x

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Description:
Alex Wheeler has reported a vulnerability in Symantec AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Dec2Rar.dll when copying data based on the length field in the sub-block headers of a RAR archive. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow and may allow arbitrary code execution when a malicious RAR archive is scanned.

The vulnerability has been reported in Dec2Rar.dll version 3.2.14.3 and potentially affects all Symantec products that use the DLL.

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