Symantec Altiris Products ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-3031
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in Symantec Altiris Notification Server (NS) 6.0 before R12, Deployment Server 6.8 and 6.9 in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3, and Symantec Management Platform (SMP) 7.0 before SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003805
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003805 - Symantec Altiris Products ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9
- symantec altiris_management_platform 7.0
- symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0
- symantec altiris_notification_server 7.0
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