Symantec LiveUpdate up to 2.5.56.0 ZIP Archive denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec LiveUpdate up to 2.5.56.0. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Disabling the affected component is suggested.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Symantec LiveUpdate up to 2.5.56.0. Affected is some unknown processing of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/05/2004 with HexView (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hexview.com. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at symantec.com.

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Vendor

• Symantec

Name

• LiveUpdate

Version

• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8
• 2.5.9
• 2.5.10
• 2.5.11
• 2.5.12
• 2.5.13
• 2.5.14
• 2.5.15
• 2.5.16
• 2.5.17
• 2.5.18
• 2.5.19
• 2.5.20
• 2.5.21
• 2.5.22
• 2.5.23
• 2.5.24
• 2.5.25
• 2.5.26
• 2.5.27
• 2.5.28
• 2.5.29
• 2.5.30
• 2.5.31
• 2.5.32
• 2.5.33
• 2.5.34
• 2.5.35
• 2.5.36
• 2.5.37
• 2.5.38
• 2.5.39
• 2.5.40
• 2.5.41
• 2.5.42
• 2.5.43
• 2.5.44
• 2.5.45
• 2.5.46
• 2.5.47
• 2.5.48
• 2.5.49
• 2.5.50
• 2.5.51
• 2.5.52
• 2.5.53
• 2.5.54
• 2.5.55
• 2.5.56.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.symantec.com/

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