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TITLE:
Symantec Altiris ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control "RunCmd()" Buffer
Overflow

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37462

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37462/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Symantec Altiris
ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control, which can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the ConsoleUtilities
ActiveX control (AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll) and can be exploited to
cause a buffer overflow via an overly long string passed to the
second argument of the "RunCmd()" method.

The vulnerability is reported in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution
6.9.x, Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec
Management Platform 7.0.x.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates.

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50279&p=1

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0.x:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50072&p=1

Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x:
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50072&p=1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Sebastien Renaud, Vupen Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec (SYM09-016):
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&suid=20091124_00
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=50279&p=1

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