CVE-2017-15529 Denial of service in Norton Family Android App
An attacker can cause a Denial of Service in the Norton Family Android App, disrupting availability for the intended user.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-15529?
CVE-2017-15529 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App, published on 13 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Prior to 4.4.1.10, the Norton Family Android App can be susceptible to a Denial of Service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular device unavailable to its intended user by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15529?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Symantec Norton Family.
How do I fix CVE-2017-15529?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15529 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-2017-15529 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15529 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Symantec Corporation Norton Family Android App
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p697-p3x9-jrvr.