CVE-2016-5309

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5309
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-14 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-09 17:49:00 UTC
DescriptionThe RAR file parser component in the AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection: Network (ATP); Symantec Email Security.Cloud; Symantec Data Center Security: Server; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Windows before 12.1.6 MP5; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Linux before 12.1.6 MP6; Symantec Endpoint Protection for Small Business Enterprise (SEP SBE/SEP.Cloud); Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud (SEPC) for Windows/Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.1; CSAPI before 10.0.4 HF02; Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) before 7.0.5 HF02, 7.5.x before 7.5.4 HF02, 7.5.5 before 7.5.5 HF01, and 7.8.x before 7.8.0 HF03; Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) before 8.0.9 HF2.1, 8.1.x before 8.1.2 HF2.3, and 8.1.3 before 8.1.3 HF2.2; Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE) before 6.5.8_3968140 HF2.3, 7.x before 7.0_3966002 HF2.1, and 7.5.x before 7.5_3966008 VHF2.2; Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers (SPSS) before SPSS_6.0.3_To_6.0.5_HF_2.5 update, 6.0.6 before 6.0.6 HF_2.6, and 6.0.7 before 6.0.7_HF_2.7; Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) before 10.6.2; Symantec Messaging Gateway for Service Providers (SMG-SP) before 10.5 patch 260 and 10.6 before patch 259; Symantec Web Gateway; and Symantec Web Security.Cloud allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted RAR file that is mishandled during decompression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Broadcom Symantec Data Center Security Server - All All All
Application Symantec Advanced Threat Protection - All All All
Application Symantec Advanced Threat Protection - All All All
Application Symantec Csapi All All All All
Application Symantec Data Center Security Server - All All All
Application Symantec Data Center Security Server - All All All
Application Symantec Email Security.cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Email Security.cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection All All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection For Small Business - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection For Small Business - All All All
Application Symantec Endpoint Protection For Small Business All All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Domino 8.1.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Domino 8.1.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Domino 8.1.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Domino 8.1.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Domino All All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.1 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.4 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.1 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.4 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.1 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.0.4 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.1 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.2 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.3 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange 7.5.4 All All All
Application Symantec Mail Security For Microsoft Exchange All All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway All All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway For Service Providers 10.5 All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway For Service Providers 10.6 All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway For Service Providers 10.5 All All All
Application Symantec Messaging Gateway For Service Providers 10.6 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.0 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.1 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.2 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.3 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.4 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.5 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.8.0 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.0 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.1 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.2 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.3 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.4 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.5.5 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine 7.8.0 All All All
Application Symantec Protection Engine All All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.3 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.4 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.5 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.6 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.7 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.3 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.4 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.5 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.6 All All All
Application Symantec Protection For Sharepoint Servers 6.0.7 All All All
Application Symantec Web Gateway - All All All
Application Symantec Web Gateway - All All All
Application Symantec Web Security.cloud - All All All
Application Symantec Web Security.cloud - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
92868 BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Endpoint Protection RAR Decompression Bugs Let Remote Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target Application - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Web Gateway RAR Decompression Bugs Let Remote Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target Application - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Message Gateway RAR Decompression Bugs Let Remote Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target Application - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Mail Security RAR Decompression Bugs Let Remote Users Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Target Application - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec RAR Decomposer Engine (Multiple Products) - Out-of-Bounds Read / Out-of-Bounds Write - Multiple dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisories Relating to Symantec Products - Symantec Decomposer Engine Security Update - 2016-09-19T02:37:38 PDT | Symantec CONFIRM www.symantec.com Vendor Advisory
867 - Symantec: more issues with outdated rar decomposer - project-zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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