# CVE-2017-13679: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Symantec Encryption Desktop, disrupting availability for intended users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xh4q-c32g-m92w

## What is CVE-2017-13679?

CVE-2017-13679 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A denial of service (DoS) attack in Symantec Encryption Desktop before SED 10.4.1 MP2HF1 allows remote attackers to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13679?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Encryption Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-13679?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13679 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-13679 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13679 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2016-6590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6590/): Privilege escalation in Encryption Desktop (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2012-4351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4351/): Integer overflow in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2013-1610](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1610/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2017-6330](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6330/): Denial of service in Symantec Encryption Desktop (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2017-13682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13682/): Information disclosure in Symantec Encryption Desktop (medium 5.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-13679 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-13679 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13679 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-2017-13679/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13679/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13679
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13679
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13679

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13679/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.