RULE(RULE ID:805182)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2020-08-04
Rule Name: Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation Administrator Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2008-0638)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) service (aka vxsvc.exe) in Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a packet with a crafted value of a certain size field, which is not checked for consistency with the actual buffer size.
Impact: A buffer overflow vulnerability can be triggered by an attacker in the context of the vulnerable product. Further attacks includes arbitrary code execution and denial of service.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:25778
SecurityTrackerID:1019459
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488420/100/0/threaded
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.20a.html
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
HTTP://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/297166