36164 : Symantec Norton Personal Firewall ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX (ISLALERT.DLL) Multiple Argument Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-05-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows exist in Norton Personal Firewall. The ISAlertDataCOM ActiveX control fails to validate data passed to the Get() and Set() functions resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted website, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Symantec has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Symantec Corporation	Norton Internet Security	2004
Symantec Corporation	Norton Personal Firewall	2004

References

Security Tracker: 1018073
CVE ID: 2007-1689 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 23936
Secunia Advisory ID: 25290
ISS X-Force ID: 34328
Metasploit ID: 36164
CERT VU: 983953
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-1843
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0257.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.metasploit.com
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.16.html

Credit

Will Dormann - -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-17 | Disagree?

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