[pchelpers] News:Symantec Releases Patch

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2006-05-28 15:55.Software
  Symantec Corp. issued a patch for a detected vulnerability in under 48 
hours. The security team must have worked non-stop until they came up 
with a solution. The flaw was detected and patch issued in what could be 
considered record time.

May 25/2006

eeye.com detects and reports the vulnerabilty:

" Vendor:Symantec

Description:
A remotely exploitable vulnerability exists within the Symantec 
Antivirus program. This flaw does not require any end user interaction 
for exploitation and can compromise affected systems, allowing for the 
execution of malicious code with SYSTEM level access.

Severity:
High (Remote Code Execution)

Remote Code Execution:Yes

Software Affected:
Symantec Antivirus 10.x
Symantec Client Security 3.x
(Other Symantec Antivirus products are also potentially affected, 
waiting for vendor list)

Status:Initial report stage"
Sourced from: http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/3102
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