Buffer overflow in agent - CVE-2019-3598

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Buffer overflow in agent - CVE-2019-3598

Published: February 28, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36098
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3598
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Ilya Grigorik
Affected software:
agent

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value in McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x allows remote unauthenticated users to potentially cause a denial of service via specifically crafted UDP packets.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-3598

Install update from vendor's website.

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