ZoneAlarm Pro vsdatant.sys denial of service
| zonealarm-vsdatant-dos (33664) |  Low Risk |
Description:
ZoneAlarm Pro is vulnerable to denial of service caused by improper validation of arguments by the vsdatant.sys driver. A local attacker could send a specially-crafted call containing invalid argument values to NtCreateKey and NtDeleteFile to cause the system to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- CheckPoint, ZoneAlarm 6.1.744.001
- ZoneLabs, ZoneAlarm Pro 6.5.737.000
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ZoneAlarm Pro (7.0.302.000 or later), available from the ZoneAlarm Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Apr 15 2007 - 04:41:37 CDT, ZoneAlarm Multiple insufficient argument validation of hooked SSDT function Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-04/0443.html.
- Zone Labs Web site, Check Point ZoneAlarm - Internet security products, online safety, software, protection at http://www.zonelabs.com/store/application?namespace=zls_catalog&origin=global.jsp&event=link.skuList&dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=nav_ss.
- BID-23494: ZoneAlarm Vsdatant.SYS Driver Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2083: vsdatant.sys in Check Point Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro before 7.0.302.000 does not validate certain arguments before being passed to hooked SSDT function handlers, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the (1) NtCreateKey and (2) NtDeleteFile functions.
Reported:
Apr 15, 2007
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