Symantec Norton Firewall SymTDI driver denial of service

symantec-firewall-symtdi-dos (33003) The risk level is classified as LowLow 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.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Complete
 
Temporal Score: 2.7
  Exploitability: Proof-Of-Concept
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to SYM07-024 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Mar 15 2007 - 07:06:43 CDT: Norton Insufficient validation of 'SymTDI' driver input buffer.
  • SYM07-024 : Symantec SYMTDI.SYS Device Driver Local Denial of Service.
  • Symantec Norton Firewall Web site: Norton Personal Firewall: Overview - Symantec Corp..
  • 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

Platforms Affected:

  • Symantec AntiVirus Corporate
  • 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

Reported:

Mar 15, 2007

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