Symantec Norton Firewall SymTDI driver denial of service
| symantec-firewall-symtdi-dos (33003) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Symantec Norton Firewall and Internet Security are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the SymTDI driver. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted request to the input buffer to cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec, AntiVirus Corporate Edition
- Symantec, Client Security
- Symantec, Norton AntiVirus Corporate
- Symantec, Norton Internet Security 2005
- Symantec, Norton Internet Security 2006
- Symantec, Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.0.33
- Symantec, Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7
Remedy:
Refer to SYM07-024 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Mar 15 2007 - 07:06:43 CDT, Norton Insufficient validation of 'SymTDI' driver input buffer at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-03/0184.html.
- SYM07-024 , Symantec SYMTDI.SYS Device Driver Local Denial of Service at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.09.05.html.
- Symantec Norton Firewall Web site, Norton Personal Firewall: Overview - Symantec Corp. at http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=is&pvid=npf2006.
- BID-22977: Symantec SYMTDI.SYS Device Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1476: The SymTDI device driver (SYMTDI.SYS) in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 9.1.1.7 and earlier, Internet Security 2005 and 2006, AntiVirus Corporate Edition 3.0.x through 10.1.x, and other Norton products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending crafted data to the driver's \Device file, which triggers invalid memory access, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4855.
- SECTRACK ID: 1018656: Symantec Anti Virus SYMTDI.SYS IOCTL Validation Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service
Reported:
Mar 15, 2007
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