First published: Tue Jun 27 2006(Updated: )
Format string vulnerability in CA Integrated Threat Management (ITM), eTrust Antivirus (eAV), and eTrust PestPatrol (ePP) r8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a scan job with format strings in the description field.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Broadcom eTrust Antivirus | =8.0 | |
Broadcom eTrust PestPatrol | =8.0 | |
Broadcom eTrust Integrated Threat Management | =8.0 |
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CVE-2006-3223 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow denial of service and arbitrary code execution.
To fix CVE-2006-3223, users should apply the latest security patches provided by Broadcom for eTrust Antivirus, eTrust PestPatrol, and Integrated Threat Management.
CVE-2006-3223 affects Broadcom eTrust Antivirus, eTrust PestPatrol, and Integrated Threat Management, all version 8.0.
CVE-2006-3223 facilitates attacks that can lead to denial of service and potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Yes, exploitation of CVE-2006-3223 could result in data loss due to potential arbitrary code execution and system crashes.