CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5243
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• symantec encryption management server (<= 3.4.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105062 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041527 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1458.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105062 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041527 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1458.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory