CVE-2007-2896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in the Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 6.5.3 managers and agents on Windows before 20070524 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via certain network scans to ESM ports.

Published: 2007-05-30

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:all_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:symantec:enterprise_security_manager:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2888	Race condition in the Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) 6.5.3 managers and agents on Windows before 20070524 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application hang) via certain network scans to ESM ports.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0163.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/35077
http://secunia.com/advisories/25390
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24a.html
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2007.05.24b.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24123
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018120
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1940
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34507

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft All Windows

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-05-30T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:54.155Z

Reserved: 2007-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2896

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-05-30T01:30:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-2896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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