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Symantec Endpoint Protection Client < 14.3 RU1 MP1 DoS (SYMSA18255)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151470

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Synopsis

The Symantec Endpoint Protection Client installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client installed on the remote host is prior to 14.3 RU1 MP1. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to an unhandled exception in a common driver.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Endpoint Protection Client version 14.3 RU1 MP1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1838de42

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151470

File Name: symantec_endpoint_prot_client_symsa18255.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/8/2021

Updated: 7/9/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:endpoint_protection

Required KB Items: Antivirus/SAVCE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12597

IAVA: 2021-A-0300