Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Management Server - CVE-2018-5243

 

Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Management Server - CVE-2018-5243

Published: August 20, 2018 / Updated: August 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14531
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5243
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditon on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error in Symantec Encryption Management Server. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.


Affected software

Symantec Encryption Management Server

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5243

Update to version 3.4.2 MP1.

Symantec Encryption Management Server - update to 3.4.2 MP1

External References

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