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Symantec Mail Security for Exchange and Domino Decomposer Engine Multiple DoS (SYM16-015)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 93652
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Synopsis
A security application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Symantec Mail Security for Exchange (SMSMSE) or Symantec Mail Security for Domino (SMSDOM) installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the decomposer engine :- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the decomposer engine due to an out-of-bounds read error that occurs when decompressing RAR archives. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted RAR file, to crash the application.
(CVE-2016-5309)
- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the decomposer engine due to memory corruption issue that occurs when decompressing RAR archives. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted RAR file, to crash the application.
(CVE-2016-5310)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Apply the appropriate hotfix per the vendor advisory.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?0df20c4e
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 93652
File Name: symantec_sms_sym_16-015.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 9/22/2016
Updated: 11/14/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5310
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:mail_security, cpe:/a:symantec:mail_security_for_microsoft_exchange, cpe:/a:symantec:mail_security_for_domino
Required KB Items: Symantec_Mail_Security/Installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5309, CVE-2016-5310
IAVA: 2016-A-0254, 2016-A-0255