Symantec email scan denial of service
| symantec-email-scan-dos (52820) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Multiple Symantec products are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an unspecified error when processing email messages. If the Internet Email Scanning feature is activated after installation, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a specially-crafted email message to cause the system to continuously attempt to scan the message (infinite loop) resulting in loss of connection to the mail server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to SYM09-012 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- SYM09-012: Norton AntiVirus and Symantec Client Security Email Denial of Service Vulnerability.
- BID-34670: Multiple Symantec Products Email Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2009-3104: Unspecified vulnerability in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005 through 2008; Norton Internet Security 2005 through 2008; AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0 before MR7, 10.0, 10.1 before MR8, and 10.2 before MR3; and Client Security 2.0 before MR7, 3.0, and 3.1 before MR8; when Internet Email Scanning is installed and enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and persistent connection loss) via unknown attack vectors.
- OSVDB ID: 57429: Symantec Multiple Products Internet Email Scanning Functionality Crafted Email Handling Infinite Loop DoS
- SA36493: Symantec Products Internet Email Scanning Denial of Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2009-2449: Symantec Products Email Message Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Symantec AntiVirus 10.0 Corporate
- Symantec AntiVirus 10.1 Corporate
- Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 Corporate
- Symantec AntiVirus 9.0 Corporate
- Symantec Client Security 2.0
- Symantec Client Security 3.0
- Symantec Client Security 3.1
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2007
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2008
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008
Reported:
Aug 27, 2009
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