ZoneAlarm Pro vsdatant.sys input buffer denial of service
| zonealarm-vsdatant-inputbuffer-dos (34028) |  Low Risk |
Description:
ZoneAlarm Pro is vulnerable to denial of service, caused by improper authentication of user-supplied input by the vsdatant.sys driver. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially-crafted commands 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: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ZoneAlarm Pro (7.0.302.000 or later), available from the ZoneAlarm Pro Web site. See References.
References:
- Matousec Transparent Security Advisory 2007-05-01.01: ZoneAlarm Insufficient validation of 'vsdatant' driver input buffer Vulnerability.
- ZoneAlarm Pro Web site: Check Point ZoneAlarm - Internet security products, online safety, software, protection.
- BID-23734: ZoneAlarm VSdatant Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-2467: ZoneAlarm Pro 6.5.737.000, 6.1.744.001, and possibly earlier versions and other products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by sending malformed data to the vsdatant device driver, which causes an invalid memory access.
- SA25064: ZoneAlarm Pro vsdatant Driver Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1608: ZoneAlarm Pro vsdatant Device Data Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- CheckPoint ZoneAlarm 6.1.744.001
- CheckPoint ZoneAlarm 6.5.737.000 Pro
Reported:
May 01, 2007
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