PT-2012-3568 · Symantec · Symantec Endpoint Protection+1

Greg Johnson · Published 2012-05-23 · Updated 2018-01-05 · CVE-2012-1821

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec Endpoint Protection versions 11.0.600x through 11.0.700x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a web-server outage, or daemon crash or hang, via a flood of packets that triggers automated blocking of network traffic.

Recommendations For Symantec Endpoint Protection versions 11.0.600x through 11.0.700x, consider restricting access to the Network Threat Protection module to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1821

Affected Products

Symantec Endpoint Protection

Symantec Endpoint Protection Client

References · 8

• http://symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2012&suid=20120522_00 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1821 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/82147 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149070 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1821 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49221 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/50358 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027092 · Note