CVE-2009-3104 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption and connection loss in Symantec antivirus products when Internet Email Scanning is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-3104?
CVE-2009-3104 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Norton Antivirus, published on 8 Sep 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005 through 2008; Norton Internet Security 2005 through 2008; AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.0 before MR7, 10.0, 10.1 before MR8, and 10.2 before MR3; and Client Security 2.0 before MR7, 3.0, and 3.1 before MR8; when Internet Email Scanning is installed and enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and persistent connection loss) via unknown attack vectors.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3104?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Symantec Antivirus, Symantec Client Security, Symantec Norton Antivirus, Symantec Norton Internet Security.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3104?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3104 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-3104 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3104 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Norton Antivirus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4gj-mw2c-mqx6.