J-Security Center

Title: PCAnywhere Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Under certain versions of PCAnywhere it is possible for remote clients to cause a denial of service attack against the PCAnywhere server. This is done by canceling a connection in the time period between when the status bar is displayed (PCAnywhere connecting...) and before the Login window appears.

Affected Products:

  • Symantec PCAnywhere32 8.0.0
  • Symantec pcAnywhere 9.0.0

References:

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