PT-2006-1306 · Symantec · Symantec Scan Engine

Published 2006-04-25 · Updated 2018-10-19 · CVE-2006-0231

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Scan Engine versions prior to 5.1.0.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt communications due to the use of the same private DSA key for each installation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.1.0.7, update to version 5.1.0.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0231

Affected Products

Symantec Scan Engine

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0231 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2006-q2/0011.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/431734/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19734 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17637 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/431725/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015974 · Note
• http://symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.21.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1464 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25973 · Note