Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

BID:69259

Info

Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69259
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2014-3436
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 21 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 21 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Alexander Klink with n.runs professionals GmBH
Vulnerable: Symantec PGP Desktop 10.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Symantec Encryption Desktop is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue to cause an affected application to consume excessive amounts of CPU and memory, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Symantec Encryption Desktop CVE-2014-3436 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

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