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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.1002.2
SYMSA1476-Norton Core Arbitrary Code Execution
12 April 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Norton Core
Publisher: Symantec
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Console/Physical
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-9695
Original Bulletin:
http://support.symantec.com/content/unifiedweb/en_US/article.SYMSA1476.html
Revision History: April 12 2019: CVSS updated - User Interaction is not required
to exploit this vulnerability.
March 27 2019: Initial Release
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Security Advisory ID SYMSA1476
Initial Publication Date: 19 Mar 2019
Advisory Status: Closed
Advisory Severity: Medium
CVSS Base Score: 6.3
Summary
Affected Products
+-------------------------------------------------+
|Norton Core |
+-------------+-------------------+---------------+
|CVE |Affected Version(s)|Remediation |
+-------------+-------------------+---------------+
|CVE-2019-9695|Prior to v278 |Upgrade to v278|
+-------------+-------------------+---------------+
Issues
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|CVE-2019-9695 |
+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|Severity/ |Medium / 6.3 AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
|CVSSv3: | |
+------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
|References: |Security Focus: BID 107478 / NVD: CVE-2019-9695 |
| | |
|Impact: |Arbitrary Code Execution |
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| |Norton Core may be susceptible to an arbitrary code execution |
| |issue, which is a type of vulnerability that has the potential |
|Description:|of allowing an individual to execute arbitrary commands or code |
| |on a target machine or in a target process. Note that this |
| |exploit is only possible with direct physical access to the |
| |device. |
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Mitigation
The issue was validated by the product team engineers. A Norton Core update,
v278, has been released which addresses the aforementioned issue. Note that
Norton Core updates are received to devices automatically via firmware updates
to the router. At this time, Symantec is not aware of any exploitations or
adverse customer impact from these issues.
Symantec recommends the following measures to reduce risk of attack:
o To ensure that Norton Core stays up to date, keep it powered on and
connected to the internet
Acknowledgements
- - CVE-2019-9695: Moshe Wagner <moshe.wagner@gmail.com>
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