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TITLE:
Symantec pcAnywhere Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34305

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34305/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Symantec pcAnywhere, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
processing of CHF file path names, which can be exploited to crash
the application.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 12.0, 12.1, and 12.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 12.5 SP1 (updates have also been issued via
LiveUpdate).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Deral Heiland, Layered Defense.

CHANGELOG:
2009-03-18: Updated "Description". Added link to "Original Advisory"
section.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SYM09-003:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2009.03.17.html

Layered Defense:
http://www.layereddefense.com/pcanywhere17mar.html

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