PT-2014-4273

CVE-2014-1644

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Published

2014-03-29

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Updated

2014-03-31

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator versions prior to 2.3.2.110
Description The issue concerns the forgotten-password feature in the management GUI of Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator. It allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by providing the e-mail address associated with a user account.
Recommendations For versions prior to 2.3.2.110, update to version 2.3.2.110 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the forgotten-password feature in the management GUI until the update is applied.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
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