# CVE-2009-3178: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution via unspecified vectors in mm.exe.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2009
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mhgr-f9r9-gf56

## What is CVE-2009-3178?

CVE-2009-3178 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in mm.exe in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 7.18, "Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 DoS." NOTE: as of 20090909, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3178?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3178?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2009-3178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-3179](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3179/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3033/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-3031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3031/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-3109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3109/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-6827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6827/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3178 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3178 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2009. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3178/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3178
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3178
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3178

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3178/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.