pcAnywhere TCP SYN scan denial of service
| pcanywhere-tcpsyn-dos (4347) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Symantec pcAnywhere is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A local or remote attacker can perform a TCP SYN scan on the vulnerable host to crash the service and cause it to stop responding.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
For pcAnywhere 9.0 and earlier: Upgrade to the latest version of pcAnywhere (9.01 or later). Contact Symantec for upgrade information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Feb 12 2001 - 18:55:11 CST: Re: Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0 DoS / Buffer Overflow.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 25 2000 - 16:40:08 CDT: Denial of Service Against pcAnywhere.
- CIAC Information Bulletin L-055: pcAnywhere Denial of Service, abnormal server connection.
- Securax Security Advisory Securax-SA-14: Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0 DoS / Buffer Overflow.
- Symantec SARC Security Alert, 05 March, 2001: pcAnywhere Denial of Service.
- BID-1150: Symantec pcAnywhere Port Scan DoS Vulnerability
- CVE-2000-0324: pcAnywhere 8.x and 9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a TCP SYN scan, e.g. by nmap.
- OSVDB ID: 1301: Symantec pcAnywhere Port DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0
- Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0
- Symantec pcAnywhere 9.2
Reported:
Apr 25, 2000
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