Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:1351

Info

Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1351
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 14 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 14 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on June 14, 2000 by Jim Rosenberg <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Symantec Norton AntiVirus for MS Exchange 2.0
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Symantec Norton AntiVirus for MS Exchange 1.5
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange unzip engine improperly handles zip files attached in e-mails. If NAV for Exchange tries to scan a zip archive containing files with long filenames, it will crash and not scan any further emails until the service is restarted.

Exploit / POC

Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

see discussion

Solution / Fix

Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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Norton Antivirus for MS Exchange Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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