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Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall ActiveX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall and is prone to Buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is caused by an error in ActiveX control in SSHelper.dll allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long third argument to the SetRegString method.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Symantec Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6 build 2808
Solution
Solution
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.