PT-2008-3783 · Symantec · Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

Brett Moore · Published 2008-05-18 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2008-2291

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution versions 6.8.x through 6.9.x before 6.9.176

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to more easily guess encrypted domain credentials due to the generation of credentials with a fixed salt or without any salt by axengine.exe.

Recommendations: For Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution versions 6.8.x through 6.9.x before 6.9.176, update to version 6.9.176 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2291

Affected Products

Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2291 · Security Note
• http://symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.05.14a.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122167472229965&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1542/references · Note
• http://insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080516.2.htm · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-025 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30261 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/492228/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42437 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020024 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/492128/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29199 · Note