# CVE-2007-3699: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in the Symantec Decomposer component when processing a crafted RAR archive.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2007-3801, GHSA-c2cf-m6mx-7rqm

## What is CVE-2007-3699?

CVE-2007-3699 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 5 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Decomposer component in multiple Symantec products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain value in the PACK_SIZE field of a RAR archive file header.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3699?

It affects 13 products.


Products: Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine, Symantec Brightmail Antispam, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Gateway Security 5000 Series, Symantec Gateway Security 5400, Symantec Mail Security, Symantec Mail Security 8820 Appliance, Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security, Symantec Norton Personal Firewall, Symantec Norton System Works, Symantec Symantec Antivirus Filtering \+For Domino, Symantec Web Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3699?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-3699 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus

- [CVE-2006-0230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0230/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-2758](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2758/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0447/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2005-0249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0249/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2004-0217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0217/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3699 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3699 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 5 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Symantec Norton Antivirus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3699/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3699/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3699
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3699
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3699

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3699/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.