Symantec Messaging Gateway Multiple Issues
SUMMARY
Symantec has released an update to address issues that were discovered in the Symantec Messaging Gateway product.
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
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Symantec Messaging Gateway |
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CVE |
Affected Version(s) |
Remediation |
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CVE-2018-12242 CVE-2018-12243 |
Prior to 10.6.6 |
Upgrade to 10.6.6 |
ISSUES
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CVE-2018-12242 |
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Severity/CVSSv3: |
High / 7.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
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References: Impact: |
Security Focus: BID 105329 / NVD: CVE-2018-12242 Authentication bypass |
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Description: |
The Symantec Messaging Gateway product may be susceptible to an authentication bypass exploit, which is a type of issue that can allow attackers to potentially circumvent security mechanisms currently in place and gain access to the system or network. |
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CVE-2018-12243 |
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Severity/CVSSv3: |
High / 7.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
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References: Impact: |
Security Focus: BID 105330 / NVD: CVE-2018-12243 XXE |
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Description: |
The Symantec Messaging Gateway product may be susceptible to a XML external entity (XXE) exploit, which is a type of issue where XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser. The attack uses file URI schemes or relative paths in the system identifier to access files that should not normally be accessible. |
MITIGATION
The aforementioned issues were validated by product team engineers. A Symantec Messaging Gateway update, version 10.6.6, has been made available. To determine what version of SMG you are using, please refer to the version number indicated on the login screen of the application. Note that the latest releases of the aforementioned products are available to customers through normal support channels. At this time, Symantec is not aware of any exploitations or adverse customer impact from these issues.
Symantec recommends the following measures to reduce risk of attack:
- Restrict access to administrative or management systems to authorized privileged users.
- Restrict remote access to trusted/authorized systems only.
- Run under the principle of least privilege, where possible, to limit the impact of potential exploit.
- Keep all operating systems and applications current with vendor patches.
- Follow a multi-layered approach to security. At a minimum, run both firewall and anti-malware applications to provide multiple points of detection and protection for both inbound and outbound threats.
- Deploy network and host-based intrusion detection systems to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This may aid in the detection of attacks or malicious activity related to the exploitation of latent vulnerabilities.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- CVE-2018-12242: Artem Kondratenko, Arseny Sharoglazov, Alexey Osipov from Kaspersky Lab Security Services @kl_secservices
- CVE-2018-12243: Artem Kondratenko, Arseny Sharoglazov, Alexey Osipov from Kaspersky Lab Security Services @kl_secservices