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ZDI-09-018: Symantec Client Security Alert Originator Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-09-018: Symantec Client Security Alert Originator Service Stack Overflow
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-018
April 28, 2009

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2009-1430

-- Affected Vendors:
Symantec

-- Affected Products:
Symantec Client Security

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 5959.
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-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Symantec Client Security. Authentication is
not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw resides in the Alert Originator service, iao.exe,
which listens by default on TCP port 38292. The process blindly copies
user-supplied data to a stack buffer via a memcpy call. By supplying a
specially crafted packet, an attacker can overflow that buffer leading
to arbitrary code execution in the context of the SYSTEM user.

-- Vendor Response:
Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.js
p?fid=security_advisory&amp;pvid=security_advisory&amp;year=2009&amp;suid=20
090428_02

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2007-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2009-04-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
    * Sebastian Apelt (webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

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