Symantec users should note that there is a "high risk" software flaw which affects much of its software products.

The vulnerability is within Symantec AntiVirus Library, which provides file format support for virus analysis. "During decompression of RAR files, Symantec is vulnerable to multiple heap overflows allowing attackers complete control of the system(s) being protected," said security consultant Alex Wheeler, who first discovered the flaw. "These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely, without user interaction, in default configurations through common protocols such as SMTP."

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