[Full-disclosure] Layered Defense Research Advisory: Format String Vulnerablity in Symantec PcAnywhere v10-12.5

[Deral Heiland]

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Layered Defense Research Advisory 17 March 2009
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1) Affected Product
Symantec PcAnywhere  version 10 – 12.5
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2) Severity Rating: Low
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3) Description of Vulnerability
A local format string vulnerability was 
discovered within Symantec PcAnywhere version 10 
thru 12.5 .The vulnerability is due to improper 
processing of format strings within (.CHF) remote 
control file names or associated file path . When 
special crafted format strings are entered as the 
file name (%s%s%s%s%s.chf) or within the path of 
the CHF file the format string vulnerability is 
triggered. Making it possible to read/write 
arbitrary memory and at a minimum cause a denial of service condition.
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4) Solution : Upgrade to version 12.5 SP1
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5) Time Table:
01/06/2009 Reported Vulnerability to Vendor.
01/08/2008 Vendor acknowledged the vulnerability
03/17/2008 Vendor published fix

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6) Credits Discovered by Deral Heiland, www.LayeredDefense.com
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7) Reference
<http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0538
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