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Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Enterprise Vault Updates Oracle Outside In Module for Multiple Issues

SYM12-004

March 5, 2012

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Severity

Medium

CVSS2 Base Score: 4.05

Impact 6.44, Exploitability 2.69

CVSS2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploit Publicly Available: No

Overview

Symantec is updating the Oracle Outside In Technology shipped in supported versions of the Symantec Enterprise Vault product suite. These Oracle Outside In Technology updates address potential denial of service or code execution susceptibilities.

Product(s) Affected

Product

Version

Solution

Symantec Enterprise Vault product suite

10.0.x

Apply available hot fix TECH182366

9.0.x

Details

Symantec is aware of vulnerabilities identified in the Oracle Outside In Technology libraries, used by Symantec Enterprise Vault product suite to convert various types of data for archiving purposes. The issues identified include two issues with parsing of JPEG image files and one with parsing of Lotus 123 v4 files. These issues could potentially result in a denial of service in the application or the possibility of arbitrary code running in the context of the affected application.

Symantec Response

In the Symantec Enterprise Vault product suite, attempted exploitation of these issues would require an email with a malicious attachment to be processed locally for archiving to trigger any type of potential exploit attempt.

Symantec Enterprise Vault use of the Oracle Outside In technology does not include the conversion of graphics files, which mitigates attack vectors involving graphic file parsing issues. All versions of Symantec Enterprise Vault from versions 9.0.3, 10.0 and follow-on releases enable Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and Data Execution Prevention (DEP) on supporting versions of windows OS. Utilizing DEP and ASLR where supported can aid in mitigation of malicious code in some instances.

In light of the issues reported and updated by Oracle, Symantec has released updates to Symantec’s Enterprise Vault product suite. Symantec recommends all Enterprise Vault product suite customers download and apply the hot fixes identified to prevent threats of this nature. Hot fix information is available from TECH182366 http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH182366

Symantec is not aware of any exploitation of, or adverse customer impact from this issue.

Best Practices

As part of normal best practices, Symantec strongly recommends:

Restrict access to administration or management systems to privileged users.
Disable remote access or restrict it to trusted/authorized systems only.
Keep all operating systems and applications updated with the latest vendor patches.
Follow a multi-layered approach to security. Run both firewall and anti-malware applications, at a minimum, to provide multiple points of detection and protection to both inbound and outbound threats.
Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may aid in detection of attacks or malicious activity related to exploitation of latent vulnerabilities

References

Will Dormann with CERT/CC, and an anonymous finder working through TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative identified these issues to Oracle.

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738961

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-017/

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2012-366304.html

REPORTING VULNERABILITIES TO SYMANTEC

Symantec takes the security and proper functionality of our products very seriously. As founding members of the Organization for Internet Safety (OISafety), Symantec supports and follows responsible disclosure guidelines.

Symantec has developed a Software Security Vulnerability Management Process document outlining the process we follow in addressing suspected vulnerabilities in our products.

Symantec Corporation firmly believes in a proactive approach to secure software development and implements security review into various stages of the software development process. Additionally, Symantec is committed to the security of its products and services as well as to its customers’ data. Symantec is committed to continually improving its software security process.

This document provides an overview of the current Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) practice applicable to Symantec’s product and service teams as well as other software security related activities and policies used by such teams. This document is intended as a summary and does not represent a comprehensive list of security testing and practices conducted by Symantec in the software development process.

Please contact secure@symantec.com if you believe you have discovered a security issue in a Symantec product. A member of the Symantec Software Security team will contact you regarding your submission to coordinate any required response. Symantec strongly recommends using encrypted email for reporting vulnerability information to secure@symantec.com.

The Symantec Software Security PGP key can be found at the following location:

Symantec Product Vulnerability Management PGP Key

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Last modified on: March 5, 2012

Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Enterprise Vault Updates Oracle Outside In Module for Multiple Issues

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March 5, 2012

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