Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Race Condition Lets Remote Users Cause the Service to Hang
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018120
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018120
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-2896
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 12 2008
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Original Entry Date: May 25 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Symantec Advisory
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Version(s): 6.5.3
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Symantec Enterprise Security Manager. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to cause the target manager and agent to hang and consume excessive CPU resources.
A
network scan against one of the ESM network ports can trigger this flaw.
A restart is required to restore the application to
normal operation.
Only Windows-based systems are affected.
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Impact: A remote user can cause the target application to hang.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix, available at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24a.html
The
Symantec advisory is available at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24b.html
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Vendor URL: securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24b.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Windows (2000), Windows (2003), Windows (XP)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 20:46:46 -0400
Subject: Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Denial-of-Service
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http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24b.html
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