Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in some Symantec products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Symantec Products "SYMLTCOM.dll" ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38654
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38654/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in some Symantec products, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
SYMLTCOM.dll ActiveX control, which can be exploited to cause e.g. a
stack-based buffer overflow when a user visits a specially crafted
web page.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but is
limited to a certain unspecified domain.
The vulnerability is reported in the following products and
versions:
* N360 1.0 and 2.0
* Norton Internet Security 2006 through 2008
* Norton AntiVirus 2006 through 2008
* Norton SystemWorks 2006 through 2008
* Norton Confidential 2006 through 2008
* Symantec Client Security 3.0.x and 3.1.x
SOLUTION:
N360 1.0 and 2.0, Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus, Norton
SystemWorks, Norton Confidential:
Run LiveUpdate in interactive mode.
Symantec Client Security 3.0.x:
Update to SCS 3.1 MR9.
Symantec Client Security 3.1.x:
Update to MR9.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits FrSIRT.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec SYM10-003:
http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2010&suid=20100217_01
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