Symantec Norton Personal Firewall Device\SymEvent denial of service
| symantec-firewall-symevent-dos (28960) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by improper handling of data by the \Device\SymEvent library. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using malformed data to cause the system to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-Of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to the Symantec Web site for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 15 2006 - 07:29:49 CDT : Symantec Norton Insufficient validation of 'SymEvent' driver input buffer.
- Norton Personal Firewall Web site: Overview- Symantec Corp..
- SYM06-018: SymEvent Driver Local Access System Denial of Service.
- BID-20051: Symantec Multiple Products SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4855: The \Device\SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33, and other versions of Norton Personal Firewall, Internet Security, AntiVirus, SystemWorks, Symantec Client Security SCS 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, and 3.1, Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition SAVCE 8.x, 9.x, 10.0, and 10.1, Symantec pcAnywhere 11.5 only, and Symantec Host, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via invalid data, as demonstrated by calling DeviceIoControl to send the data.
- SA21938: Symantec Multiple Products Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016889: Norton Anti-Virus SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016892: Norton Personal Firewall SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016893: Norton Internet Security SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016894: Norton System Works SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016895: Symantec Client Security SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016896: pcAnywhere SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016897: Symantec Anti Virus SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1016898: Symantec Host IDS SymEvent Driver Lets Local Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3636: Symantec Products SymEvent Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2005 8.0.5.14
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2005 8.0.7.1
- Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33
Reported:
Sep 15, 2006
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