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TITLE:
Symantec Antivirus Alert Management System Denial of Service
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42593

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-21

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec Antivirus, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error in the Intel
Alert Handler service (hndlrsvc.exe) when processing a AMS request
and can be exploited to crash the service via a specially crafted
"CommandLine" field in a request.

The vulnerability is reported in Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition
10.1.4.4010. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted hosts only (e.g. via network access
control lists).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nahuel Riva, Core Security Technologies.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Core Security Technologies (CORE-2010-0728):
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/symantec-intel-handler-service-remote-dos

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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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