Norman Virus Control ACE buffer overflow

norman-ace-bo (35561) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Norman Virus Control is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows, caused by improper bounds checking by the file parsing engine. By persuading a victim to scan a specially-crafted ACE file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Norman, Norman Virus Control 5.90

Remedy:

Use Norman Virus Automatic Update to correct this issue, as described in the Norman Security Bulletin. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Jul 23, 2007

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