CVE-2008-0308

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0308
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-28 20:44:00 UTC
Updated2011-03-08 03:04:00 UTC
DescriptionSymantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Scan Engine All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Clearswift All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe All All aix All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe All All linux All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe All All solaris All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Messaging All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Microsoft Sharepoint All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Ms Isa All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Network Attached Storage All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Caching All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Mail Security Exchange All All All All
Application Symantec Symantec Mail Security Exchange All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Decomposer Resource Consumption Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Symantec Products Symantec Decomposer RAR File Handling Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found CONFIRM www.symantec.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Symantec Anti Virus Decomposer Memory Consumption and Buffer Overflow Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
20080226 Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 RAR File Denial of Service Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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