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Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x < 10.6.4 Directory Traversal Vulnerability (SYM17-016)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105509

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Synopsis

A messaging security application running on the remote host is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.6.4.
It is, therefore, affected by a directory traversal vulnerability as described in the vendor advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) version 10.6.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?33d2b5fb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105509

File Name: symantec_messaging_gateway_sym17-016.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/2/2018

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15532

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:symantec:messaging_gateway

Required KB Items: www/sym_msg_gateway

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15532

BID: 102096