----------------------------------------------------------------------

Want a new IT Security job?

Vacant positions at Secunia:
http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/

----------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE:
Symantec Norton AntiVirus Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14741

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14741/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005
http://secunia.com/product/4847/
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
http://secunia.com/product/2800/
Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
http://secunia.com/product/4009/
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/2442/
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
http://secunia.com/product/4848/
Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004
http://secunia.com/product/2796/

DESCRIPTION:
Isamu Noguchi has reported two vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton
AntiVirus, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error in the Auto-Protect module during scan of
specific file types can be exploited to cause the system to hang or
crash.

2) An error in the SmartScan feature in Auto-Protect, when a file
located on a network share is renamed, can be exploited to consume a
large amount of CPU resources or cause a system crash.

The following products are affected:
* Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2004
* Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 (Professional)
* Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2004 (Professional)
* Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
* Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
* Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2005 (Premier)

SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued a fix, which is available via LiveUpdate.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Isamu Noguchi

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.03.28.html

----------------------------------------------------------------------

About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

----------------------------------------------------------------------