CVE-2015-5689

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5689
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-20 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-22 03:00:00 UTC
Descriptionghostexp.exe in Ghost Explorer Utility in Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite (GSS) before 3.0 HF2 12.0.0.8010 and Symantec Deployment Solution (DS) before 7.6 HF4 12.0.0.7045 performs improper sign-extend operations before array-element accesses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service (application crash), or possibly obtain sensitive information via a crafted Ghost image.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Deployment Solution 6.9 sp3 All All
Application Symantec Deployment Solution 6.9 sp3 All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.0 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.1 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.1 p2 All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0.1 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0.2 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.1 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.0 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.1 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 1.1 p2 All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0.1 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.0.2 All All All
Application Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite 2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Ghost Explorer Utility Tool Out-of-Bounds Array Indexing - 2015-09-02T05:00:00 PDT | Symantec CONFIRM www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
Zero Day Initiative MISC zerodayinitiative.com
Symantec Ghost Solutions Suite Array Index Overflow in Processing Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Symantec Ghost Explorer Utility Out of Bounds Array Indexing Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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