Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:9912

Info

Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9912
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0375
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 18 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 03:06AM
Credit: This issue was discovered by eEye Digital Security.
Vulnerable: Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2004
Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional Edition
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional Edition
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2003
Symantec Client Security 1.1
Symantec Client Security 1.0
Symantec Client Firewall 5.1.1
Symantec Client Firewall 5.0 1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Symantec Client Firewall has been reported to be prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The issue is reported to present itself in the TCP packet processing routines of the affected software.

It is reported that this vulnerability will have a system wide impact, causing Windows GUI and peripherals that are attached to the host to become unresponsive. A hard reset is reported to be required to restore normal functionality to the system.

The information in this BID was consolidated from BID 10204 as both of these BIDs represented the same issue. BID 10204 is being retired.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code has been provided by warlord:

Solution / Fix

Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
It is reported that a fix for this vulnerability is available through the Symantec LiveUpdate service. Customers are advised to run LiveUpdate to address this issue.

References

Symantec Client Firewall Products SYMNDIS.SYS Driver Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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