Symantec Response
Symantec confirmed the vulnerability reported by eEye Digital Security. Symantec product engineers have developed fixes for the issue and released patches for all impacted products through Symantec LiveUpdate and technical support channels.
Clients using retail versions of Symantec Norton Internet Security and Symantec Norton Personal Firewall who regularly run Symantec LiveUpdate should already be protected against this issue. However, to be sure they are fully protected, customers should run Symantec LiveUpdate manually to ensure all available updates are installed.
- Open any installed Symantec product
- Click on LiveUpdate in the toolbar
- Run LiveUpdate until Symantec LiveUpdate indicated that all installed Symantec products are up-to-date
Clients running corporate versions of Symantec Client Firewall or Symantec Client Security should download and apply patches obtained through their appropriate support channels.
Symantec is not aware of any active attempts against or customer impact from this issue.
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