CVE-2012-0290 Information

Description

Symantec pcAnywhere through 12.5.3 Altiris IT Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x) Altiris Client Management Suite pcAnywhere Solution 7.0 (aka 12.5.x) and 7.1 (aka 12.6.x) and Altiris Deployment Solution Remote pcAnywhere Solution 7.1 (aka 12.5.x and 12.6.x) do not properly handle the client state after abnormal termination of a remote session which allows remote attackers to obtain access to the client by leveraging an \open client session.\

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/48092 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51862 http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120124_00 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72996