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>> Symantec Ghost Solution Suite ARP Spoofing Code Execution Issue

Title : Symantec Ghost Solution Suite ARP Spoofing Code Execution Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0474
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0640
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-08


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A vulnerability has been identified in Symantec Ghost Solution Suite, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a lack of authentication when establishing network connections between the Ghost console and the Ghost Management Agent, which could be exploited by attackers to impersonate the server via ARP spoofing and execute arbitrary code on the client with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected Products

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite version 1.1
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite version 2.0.0
Symantec Ghost Solution Suite version 2.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.2 via LiveUpdate.

Upgrade to version 1.1 patch 2 :
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/on-technology.nsf/docid/2008020708221260?Open&seg=ent

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0474
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.02.07.html

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Nicolas Pouvesle (Tenable Security).

ChangeLog

2008-02-08 : Initial release

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