CVE-2018-5243

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:encryption_management_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-20 18:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-5243

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5243

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5243

JSON object : View

Products Affected

symantec

encryption_management_server

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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