Rule

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Sid
21233

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in antivirus scan engine.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Affected Systems:
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.0
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.0
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.0
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.0
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.0
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.3
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.3
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.3
symantec antivirus scan engine 4.3

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2005-2758:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-2758
  
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