CVE-2006-0231

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses the same private DSA key for each installation, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt communications.

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24, and possibly other versions before 5.1.0.7, uses the same private DSA key for each installation, which allows remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt communications.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-04-25 01:02:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:43:00

Affected Software

Symantec Scan Engine 5.0.0.24

5.0.0.24

References

20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0022: Symantec Scan Engine Known Immutable DSA Private Key

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19734

1015974

20060421 Rapid7 Advisory R7-0022: Symantec Scan Engine Known Immutable DSA Private Key

20060421 [Symantec Security Advisor] Symantec Scan Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities

17637

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.04.21.html

ADV-2006-1464

sse-insecure-private-key(25973)

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