Time to Upgrade your BlackIce Agent - Firewall defect found

Source: ISS.net

In a default installation, The BlackICE Agent might not reactivate
when the host returns from standby. This could allow a malicious
user to bypass the firewall completely.

Vulnerable:

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- BlackICE Agent 3.1 eal on Windows 2000 laptop

Not Vulnerable:

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- BlackICE Agent 3.1 ebh on Windows 2000 laptop

Details:

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The BlackICE Agent setup contains the parameter
"restart.whenSuspend", which should be enabled by default. This,
however, is not always the case, and as a result the firewall
might not reactivate after a system standby. The BlackICE Agent
would still give all the appearences of being active, but the
filter function would not be in effect, and network communication
would be possible to the same extent as if the software wasn't
installed.

Corrective action:

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Upgrade to BlackICE Agent V3.1 EBH, available through:
https://bvlive01.iss.net/issEn/DLC/login.jhtml.