Title

The McAfee VirusScan log size limitation parameters are not configured as required. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

This setting is required to ensure when buffer overflow protection is enabled that the "Log file size" is selected. Buffer overflow protection prevents tampered with application code from being executed on the computer. The "Log file size" option is selected to ensure that buffer overflow log file size does not excced 100mb.

Check Content

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "Log file size" label. Criteria: If the "Limit the size of the file" option is selected, and the “Maximum log file size:” is less than or equals 100MB, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

From the ePO server console, select Systems tab, select the asset to be checked, select the Policies tab, select from the product pull down list VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0. Locate in the Category column the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Select from the Policy column the policy associated with the Buffer Overflow Protection Policies. Under the Reports tab, locate the "Log file size:" label. If the "Limit the size of the file" option is selected, ensure the “Maximum log file size:” is less than 100MB.

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Vulnerability ID: V-14661

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