Symantec.AntiVirus.Engine.RAR.File.Parsing.DoS

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This indicates a possible exploit of a denial of service vulnerability in Symantec's AntiVirus Engine.
This flaw resides in a forged PACK_SIZE field of a RAR file header.

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Symantec AntiVirus Engine.

Impact logoImpact

Denial of service.

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Symantec has issued an update to correct this vulnerability:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.07.11f.html

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Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2020-12-11 16.978

References

ZDI-07-039