TITLE:
Symantec Client Security / AntiVirus Unspecified Code Execution

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20318

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20318/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Symantec Client Security 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/6649/
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.x
http://secunia.com/product/5555/

DESCRIPTION:
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in Symantec Client
Security and Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary error and
can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code with
SYSTEM privileges.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches (see patch matrix in vendor advisory).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
eEye Digital Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Symantec:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.05.25.html

eEye Digital Security:
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/20060524.html

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