VDB-82016 · OSVDB 6101 · Snort 14777

Symantec Firewall NBNS Response heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Symantec Firewall (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component NBNS Response Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 04/19/2004. The weakness was released 05/12/2004 by Karl Lynn (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityresponse.symantec.com. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 23 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 14777.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 82017.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Recommended: Firewall
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Snort ID: 14777

Timelineinfo

04/19/2004 🔍
05/12/2004 +23 days 🔍
05/12/2004 +0 days 🔍
05/12/2004 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2016 +4351 days 🔍
10/02/2018 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: Karl Lynn
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 6101 - Symantec Multiple Firewall NBNS Response Remote Heap Corruption

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2016 18:05
Updated: 10/02/2018 08:57
Changes: 04/11/2016 18:05 (43), 10/02/2018 08:57 (3)
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