CVE-2001-1126

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4 through 1.6, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood) via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4 through 1.6, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (flood) via DNS spoofing of the update.symantec.com site.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Symantec LiveUpdate

First reported 23 years ago

2001-10-05 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.4

1.4

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5

1.5

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.6

1.6

References

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/security/Content/2001.10.05.html

20011005 Symantec LiveUpdate attacks

Patch, Vendor Advisory

3413

Vendor Advisory

liveupdate-host-verification(7235)

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