National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0308

Overview

Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0680

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html

Hyperlink:http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019503

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503

External Source: BID

Name: 27911

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27911

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29140

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29140

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20080226 Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 RAR File Denial of Service Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=666