Symantec Messaging Gateway 10.x < 10.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SYMSA1461)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117614

Synopsis

A messaging security application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) running on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.6.6.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities 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 10.6.6 or later.

See Also

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1461.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117614

File Name: symantec_messaging_gateway_symsa1461.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 9/20/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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 known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12242, CVE-2018-12243

BID: 105329, 105330