Kerio Personal Firewall Access Controls Can Be Bypassed Via Application Masquerading
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013607 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1013607
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 30 2005
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Impact:
Host/resource access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 4.1.2 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Kerio Personal Firewall. A local user can bypass network access rules.
A local user can create a specially crafted application that masquarades as a target application process and uses the target's firewall credentials to access the network.
The vendor credits Petr Matousek, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic with reporting this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can load an application that will bypass the network access control rules.
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Solution:
The vendor has released a fixed version (4.1.3).
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Vendor URL: www.kerio.com/security_advisory.html#0503 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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