CVE-2018-5243

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5243
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-20 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 14:08:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Symantec Encryption Management Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Symantec Encryption Management Server CVE-2018-5243 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Encryption Management Server Unspecified Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Symantec Encryption Management Server - Denial of Service CONFIRM support.symantec.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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