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Risk Impact
High

Remote Access	Yes
Local Access	No
Authentication Required	No
Exploit publicly available	No

Overview
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the Symantec Decomposer component used to decompose some types of archive content while scanning for malicious content.

Affected Enterprise Products

Product	Version	Builds	Update To
Symantec Mail Security	8200	All	5.0.0.24
Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange	4.6.7 and earlier	All	4.6.8.120
	5.0.4.and earlier	All	5.0.5 and higher
	6.0.0	All	6.0.1 or later
Symantec Mail Security for Domino NT	4.1.5 and earlier	All	4.1.9.37
	5.1.2.28 and earlier	All	5.1.4.32
Symantec AntiVirus/Filtering for Domino MPE(AIX, Linux, Solaris)	3.0.12 and earlier	All	3.2.2.27 †
Symantec Scan Engine	5.0.1 and earlier	All	5.1.4.24
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine	4.1.8 and earlier	All	4.3.18.43
	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for MS ISA	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for MS Sharepoint	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Messaging	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus for Network Attached Storage	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Clearswift	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Caching	4.3.12 and earlier	All	4.3.17 or later
Symantec Client Security †††	3.X	All	SCS 3.1 MR5 MP1 (build 3.1.5.5010)††
	2.X	All	SCS 2.0 MR6-MP1 (build 2.0.6.1100)††
	1.X	All
Symantec Web Security	3.0.1.76 and earlier	All	3.0.1.85
Symantec Gateway Security 1600 Series	3.0.1	All	Update F Apply Hotfix SGS1600-3.0.1-enga2007080100
Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series	3.0.1	All	Update F Apply Hotfix SGS5000-3.0.1-enga2007080100
Symantec Gateway Security 5400 Series	2.0.1	All	Upgrade to 3.0.1 F Apply SGS5000-3.0.1-enga2007080100
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam	6.0.x	All	6.05
	5.5	All
	4.x	All
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition †††	10.X	All	SAV 10.1 MR5 MP1 (build 10.1.5.5010)††
	9.X	All	SAV 9.0 MR6-MP1 (build 9.0.6.1100) ††
	8.X	All
Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh	10.X	All	Update to any definition after 10/1/2006
Symantec Web Security for Microsoft ISA 2004	5.0	All	5.0.3
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP	5.0.0 Solaris	All	Patch 175
	5.0.0 Linux	All	Patch 175
	5.0.0 Windows	All	Patch 176
	5.0.1	All	Patch 181
	4.1.15 and earlier	All	4.1.16

† Symantec AntiVirus/Filtering for Domino MPE is no longer supported. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to Symantec Mail Security for Domino MPE

†† Customers using the SAV CE Linux client should upgrade to version 1.0.2-75. This build is available by downloading the latest SAV CE 10.X or SCS 3.X build from FileConnect.

†††Symantec has released a tool that will update the decomposer engine in Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition and Symantec Client Security

For more information and to download the tool, please read the following document:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007071111591448

Affected Consumer Products

Product	Version	Builds	Update To
Norton AntiVirus	2006	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2005	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2004	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
Norton Internet Security	2006	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2005.5 AntiSpyware Edition	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2005	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2004	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
Norton SystemWorks	2006	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2005	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
	2004	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
Norton Personal Firewall	2006	All	Run LiveUpdate in Interactive Mode
Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh	10.X	All	Update to any definition after 10/1/2006
	9.X	All
Norton Internet Security for Macintosh	3.X	All	Update to any definition after 10/1/2006
Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh	3.X	All	Update to any definition after 10/1/2006

Products Not Affected:

Product	Version	Builds
Symantec AntiVirus for HandHelds - Corporate Edition	All	All
Symantec AntiVirus for Handhelds	All	All
Symantec Client Security for Nokia	All	All
Symantec Enterprise Firewall	8.0	All
Symantec Clientless VPN Gateway 4400 Series	5.0	All
Symantec Firewall / VPN Appliance	100/200	All
Symantec Gateway Security 300/400 Series	2.0	All
Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh	7.X	All
Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh	8.X	All
Norton Internet Security for Macintosh	2.X	All
Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh	2.X	All
Norton360	All	All
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition	10.2	All
Norton AntiVirus	2007	All
Norton Internet Security	2007	All
Norton System works	2007	All

Details
The first vulnerability is related to the decomposition of RAR files. Modifying the RAR file header in a specific way, causes the decomposer to enter an infinite loop causing a Denial of Service.

The second vulnerability is related to the decomposition of CAB files. The Symantec Decomposer fails to perform proper bounds checks when copying from the CAB archive. This may result in the possibility of arbitary code execution on the vulnerable system.

NOTE:

1. Only currently supported Symantec Products will be updated. Customers using unsupported versions are encouraged to upgrade to a supported version.

Symantec response
Symantec engineers have verified and corrected these issues in all currently supported products. Updates are available for supported products. Symantec recommends customers apply the latest product update available for their supported product versions to enhance their security posture and protect against potential security threats of this nature.

Product updates will be available from the Symantec support site: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/ or via LiveUpdate when available.

Symantec Norton product users who regularly launch and run LiveUpdate should already have received an updated (non-vulnerable) version of (product/component). However, to ensure all available updates have been applied, users can manually launch and run LiveUpdate in Interactive mode as follows:

• Open any installed Norton product
• Click on LiveUpdate in the GUI

To perform a manual update using Symantec LiveUpdate, users should:

• Open any installed Symantec product
• Click on LiveUpdate in the toolbar
• Run LiveUpdate until all available Symantec product updates are downloaded and installed

Best Practices
As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends:

• Restrict access to administration or management systems to privileged users.
• Restrict remote access, if required, to trusted/authorized systems only.
• Run under the principle of least privilege where possible to limit the impact of exploit by threats such as this.
• Keep all operating systems and applications updated with the latest vendor patches.
• Follow a multi-layered approach to security. Run both firewall and antivirus applications, at a minimum, to provide multiple points of detection and protection to both inbound and outbound threats.
• Deploy network intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may aid in detection of attacks or malicious activity related to exploitation of latent vulnerabilities

CVE
This issue is a candidate for inclusion in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. The CVE initiative has assigned CVE-2007-3699 for the RAR issue and CVE-2007-0447 for the CAB file issue.

Credit
Symantec would like to thank 3COM, and the Zero Day Initiative for reporting these issues and providing full coordination while Symantec resolved them.

Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of our products very seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety (OISafety), Symantec supports and follows the principles of responsible disclosure. Symantec also subscribes to the vulnerability disclosure guidelines outlined by the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC).

Please contact secure@symantec.com if you feel you have discovered a security issue in a Symantec product. A Symantec Product Security team member will contact you regarding your submission. Symantec strongly recommends using encrypted email for reporting vulnerability information to secure@symantec.com. The Symantec Product Security PGP key can be found at the end of this message.

Symantec has developed a Product Vulnerability Response document outlining the process we follow in addressing suspected vulnerabilities in our products. This document is available below.

Symantec Vulnerability Response Policy

Symantec Product Vulnerability Management PGP Key

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