Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance SMTP Routing security check

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Firewall and VPN Appliance. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SMTP Routing Handler. The manipulation leads to security check. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0618. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Firewall and VPN Appliance (Firewall Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SMTP Routing Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a security check vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-358. The product does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or technique. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The SMTP binding function in Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 200/200R firmware after 1.5Z and before 1.68, Gateway Security 360/360R and 460/460R firmware before vuild 858, and Nexland Pro800turbo, when configured for load balancing between two WANs, might send SMTP traffic to a trusted network through an untrusted network.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/28/2005 by Arthur Hagen with Broomstick Net Services (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityresponse.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0618 since 03/02/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1211 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at symantec.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90238), SecurityFocus (BID 64769†), OSVDB (14271†), Secunia (SA14428†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1013326†). The entry VDB-11787 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Security check
CWE: CWE-358
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: symantec.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Researcher: Arthur Hagen
Organization: Broomstick Net Services
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0618 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1247
X-Force: 90238 - Juniper Junos HTTP denial of service
SecurityFocus: 64769 - Juniper Junos CVE-2014-0618 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14428 - Symantec Firewall Devices SMTP Binding Configuration Bypass, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14271 - Symantec Multiple Firewall SMTP Binding Configuration Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1013326

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2005 16:01
Updated: 07/01/2019 16:24
Changes: 03/02/2005 16:01 (76), 07/01/2019 16:24 (2)
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