19854 : Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Administrative Interface HTTP Header Overflow
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
90%

Disclosure
Oct 04, 2005

Discovery
Aug 31, 2005

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A remote overflow exists in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine. The administrative Scan Engine Web service fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. With a specially crafted HTTP header containing a negative value, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

 Upgrade to version 4.3.12 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Symantec Corporation
Watch-list
AntiVirus Scan Engine
Watch-list
 4.0
4.3

References

Tools & Filters

Snort

 4681

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-10-06 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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