RULE(RULE ID:316725)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2016-08-19
Rule Name: FILE-OTHER Symantec Antivirus Engine Decomposer MSPACK Denial of Service Vulnerability -1 (CVE-2016-2211)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: The AntiVirus Decomposer engine in Symantec Advanced Threat Protection (ATP); Symantec Data Center Security:Server (SDCS:S) 6.x through 6.6 MP1; Symantec Web Gateway; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 12.1 RU6 MP5; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Mac; Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) for Linux before 12.1 RU6 MP5; Symantec Protection Engine (SPE) before 7.0.5 HF01, 7.5.x before 7.5.3 HF03, 7.5.4 before HF01, and 7.8.0 before HF01.
Impact: An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully.
Affected OS: Windows
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:91438
Solutions
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