19854 : Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Administrative Interface HTTP Header Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	791	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-08-31	2005-08-31	2005-08-31	2005-10-04	2005-10-04

Time to Patch
34 days

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, Vendor 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	AntiVirus Scan Engine	4.0
		4.3

References

Security Tracker: 1015001
Bugtraq ID: 15001
Secunia Advisory ID: 17049
CVE ID: 2005-2758 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 22519
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0085.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0086.html
Generic Informational URL: http://news.com.com/Bug+spotted+in+Symantec+antivirus/2100-1002_3-5889518.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=314&type=vulnerabilities
Vendor URL: http://www.symantec.com/

Tools & Filters

Snort	4681

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

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

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