National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2758

Overview

Integer signedness error in the administrative interface for Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers with negative values, which lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#849209

Name: VU#849209

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849209

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2005.10.04.html

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20051004 Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Web Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=314&type=vulnerabilities

External Source: XF

Name: symantec-scanengine-admin-bo(22519)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22519

External Source: BID

Name: 15001

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15001

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 19854

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/19854

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2005-1954

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1954

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1015001

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015001

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17049

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17049

External Source: SREASON

Name: 48

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/48