CVE-2012-1821

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1821
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-24 00:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Network Threat Protection module in the Manager component in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 11.0.600x through 11.0.700x on Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web-server outage, or daemon crash or hang) via a flood of packets that triggers automated blocking of network traffic.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All sp2 All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6000 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6100 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6200 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6200.754 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.6300 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.7000 All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.0.7100 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/82147 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager 11.x Denial of Service - 2012-05-22T11:29:32 PDT | Symantec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Symantec Endpoint Protection Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#149070 - Symantec Endpoint Protection network threat protection module Microsoft IIS denial of service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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