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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-0308

Symantec Decomposer, as used in certain Symantec antivirus products including Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 and other versions before 5.1.6.31, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed RAR file to the Internet Content Adaptation Protocol (ICAP) port (1344/tcp).
Publish Date : 2008-02-28 Last Update Date : 2011-03-08
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
7.1
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of Service
CWE ID 399

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-0308

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Symantec Scan Engine * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Clearswift * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe * * Linux * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe * * Solaris * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe * * AIX * Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Messaging * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Microsoft Sharepoint * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Ms Isa * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Network Attached Storage * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Caching * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
12 Application Symantec Symantec Mail Security Exchange * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Symantec Scan Engine 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Clearswift 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering Domino Mpe 3
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Messaging 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Microsoft Sharepoint 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Ms Isa 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Network Attached Storage 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine 1
Symantec Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine Caching 1
Symantec Symantec Mail Security Exchange 1

- References For CVE-2008-0308

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019503
SECTRACK 1019503
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27911
BID 27911 Symantec Decomposer Resource Consumption Denial of Service Vulnerability Release Date:2008-02-27
http://secunia.com/advisories/29140
SECUNIA 29140
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.27.html CONFIRM
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=666
IDEFENSE 20080226 Symantec Scan Engine 5.1.2 RAR File Denial of Service Vulnerability
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0680
VUPEN ADV-2008-0680

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-0308

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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