Symantec Encryption Management Server up to 3.4.2 resource consumption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Encryption Management Server up to 3.4.2. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
The Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) product, prior to version 3.4.2 MP1, may be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
The bug was discovered 08/13/2018. The weakness was published 08/20/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5243 since 01/04/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 112155 (Symantec Encryption Management Server < 3.4.2 MP1 Denial of Service Vulnerability (SYMSA1458)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.
Applying the patch 3.4.2 MP1 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (112155).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploiting
Class: Resource consumptionCWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 112155
Nessus Name: Symantec Encryption Management Server < 3.4.2 MP1 Denial of Service Vulnerability (SYMSA1458)
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Patch: 3.4.2 MP1
Timeline
01/04/2018 🔍08/13/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: symantec.comAdvisory: support.symantec.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5243 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041527
SecurityFocus: 105062 - Symantec Encryption Management Server CVE-2018-5243 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 08/21/2018 07:44Updated: 05/04/2023 07:21
Changes: 08/21/2018 07:44 (66), 03/17/2020 09:51 (5), 05/04/2023 07:21 (4)
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