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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Multiple Issues (CVE-2018-5236)

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Symantec Endpoint Protection Multiple Issues (CVE-2018-5236)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/20/2018
Created
11/22/2019
Added
11/19/2019
Modified
09/01/2021

Description

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 may be susceptible to a race condition (or race hazard). This type of issue occurs in software where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events.

Solution(s)

  • symantec-endpoint-protection-upgrade-12_1_7445_7000
  • symantec-endpoint-protection-upgrade-14_0_3876_1100

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