CVE-2007-2896

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.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.29% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory symantec.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-2896?: CVE-2007-2896 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-2896?: To fix CVE-2007-2896, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-2896 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-2896 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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