FKIE_CVE-2017-15525

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-13 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:07
Severity
4.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Prior to SEE v11.1.3MP1, Symantec Endpoint Encryption can be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) attack, which is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts 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.
References
secure@symantec.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101697Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@symantec.comhttps://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171113_00Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101697Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=&suid=20171113_00Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
symantec endpoint_encryption *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:07:50.713",
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