Denial of Service Vulnerability in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006
CVE-2007-1495

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Symantec
Status
Norton Personal Firewall
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 March 2007

Summary

The SymEvent driver in Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2006 and possibly other related products is susceptible to a denial of service condition. Local users can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed data via the DeviceIoControl function, resulting in a system crash. This issue recalls the previously identified vulnerability CVE-2006-4855, demonstrating a regression in system stability and security.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22961
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2445
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462792/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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