Symantec Enterprise Firewall up to 7.0 Web Proxy denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Symantec Enterprise Firewall up to 7.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web Proxy. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-0990. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Symantec Enterprise Firewall up to 7.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Web Proxy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The web proxy component in Symantec Enterprise Firewall (SEF) 6.5.2 through 7.0, Raptor Firewall 6.5 and 6.5.3, VelociRaptor, and Symantec Gateway Security allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection resource exhaustion) via multiple connection requests to domains whose DNS server is unresponsive or does not exist, which generates a long timeout.

The weakness was published 10/28/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityresponse.symantec.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0990. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10364) and SecurityFocus (BID 5958†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/14/2002 🔍
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07/30/2014 +4293 days 🔍
10/26/2024 +3741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityresponse.symantec.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0990 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0990
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19085
X-Force: 10364
SecurityFocus: 5958 - Multiple Symantec HTTP Proxy Denial of Service Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2014 18:00
Updated: 10/26/2024 11:38
Changes: 07/30/2014 18:00 (48), 04/19/2019 09:13 (3), 10/26/2024 11:38 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:7AE:103

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