Norton.Symspam.dll.Buffer.Overrun

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This indicates a possible exploit of a buffer-overflow vulnerability in Symantec Norton AntiSpam.
The vulnerability is in the SymSpamHelper Class ActiveX control which cannot properly handle overly long user-supplied parameters. A remote user may exploit this to execute arbitrary code.

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Symantec Norton AntiSpam 2004

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System compromise: Remote code execution.

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Symantec has released a patch, as stated in the advisory SYM04-005, to address this vulnerability.

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)