TITLE:
Symantec pcAnywhere Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17797

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17797/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Symantec pcAnywhere 9.x
http://secunia.com/product/592/
Symantec pcAnywhere 11.x
http://secunia.com/product/2539/
Symantec pcAnywhere 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/169/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec pcAnywhere, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error.
This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow prior to
authentication, which causes the pcAnywhere component to crash.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 11.0.1, 11.5.1, and
all 32-bit versions. Prior non-supported versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches:

The vendor recommends that users of versions prior to 11.0.1 to
upgrade to a supported version.

Symantec pcAnywhere (consumer versions):
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/pca/index.html

Symantec pcAnywhere (enterprise versions):
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise/products/spca/files.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Tal of See-Security technologies Ltd.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.11.29.html

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