Topic:	Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Credit:	Anthony Bettini
Date:	2006.08.25
CWE:	N/A
CVE:	CVE-2006-4314 (Show details) Use CVE to see details like: - CVSS2, - Affected Software, - References

McAfee, Inc.

McAfee® Avert® Labs Security Advisory

Public Release Date: 2006-08-22

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

CVE Number Pending

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? Synopsis

The Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) platform and agent are susceptible to a race condition that can cause the
application to lock up, resulting in a denial-of-service.

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? Vulnerable System or Application

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Platform versions 6 and 6.5.x

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager Agent versions 6 and 6.5.x

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? Vulnerability Information

A specially crafted invalid request can be sent to the manager server to simulate an ESM agent. This causes both the ESM
manager and ESM agent to lock up, resulting in a denial-of-service. This issue affects all versions of ESM managers and
agents. Manager and agent restarts are required to recover from an attack.

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? Resolution

Symantec has released downloadable automated and manual fixes for most supported ESM managers and agents. Complete
instructions for automatically updating ESM agents and manually updating ESM managers and agents can be downloaded at
the following site:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.08.21a.html

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? Credits

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Anthony Bettini of McAfee Avert Labs.

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