This host has Norton AntiVius in Norton Internet Security installed
and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_norton_internet_sec_dos_vuln.nasl 5370 2017-02-20 15:24:26Z cfi $
#
# Norton Internet Security Denial of Service Vulnerability
#
# Authors:
# Sharath S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to deny the service.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Symantec, Norton AntiVirus version 15.5.0.23 on Windows.";
tag_insight = "The flaws are due to improper handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages
with many MIME parts and stack consumption by Content-type: message/rfc822
headers via a large e-mail message.";
tag_solution = "No solution or patch was made available for at least one year
since 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.
For updates refer to http://www.symantec.com/norton/index.jsp";
tag_summary = "This host has Norton AntiVius in Norton Internet Security installed
and is prone to Denial of Service Vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(800321);
script_version("$Revision: 5370 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-20 16:24:26 +0100 (Mon, 20 Feb 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-16 16:12:00 +0100 (Tue, 16 Dec 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5427");
script_name("Norton Internet Security Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
# Check for Norton Internet Security install
if(!registry_key_exists(key:"SOFTWARE\Symantec\Internet Security")){
exit(0);
}
key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\";
if(!registry_key_exists(key:key)) {
exit(0);
}
foreach item (registry_enum_keys(key:key))
{
if("Norton AntiVirus" >< registry_get_sz(key:key + item, item:"DisplayName"))
{
navVer = registry_get_sz(key:key + item, item:"DisplayVersion");
if(!navVer){
exit(0);
}
# Grep of version Norton AntiVirus 15.5.0.23
if(navVer =~ "15.5.0.23"){
security_message(0);
}
exit(0);
}
}