SurfControl Superscout Email Filter 4.0 Administrative Web Interface Content-Length denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SurfControl Superscout Email Filter 4.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Administrative Web Interface. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2002-1531. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SurfControl Superscout Email Filter 4.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administrative Web Interface. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length 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 administrative web interface (STEMWADM) for SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request without a Content-Length parameter.

The weakness was released 03/31/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-1531. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 (10321) and SecurityFocus (BID 5930†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-20229, VDB-20230 and VDB-20232. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/09/2002 🔍
03/31/2003 +173 days 🔍
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08/08/2014 +4148 days 🔍
07/02/2024 +3616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1531 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20231
X-Force: 10321
SecurityFocus: 5930 - SurfControl SuperScout Email Filter Missing Content-Length HTTP Header Field DoS Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 11:41
Updated: 07/02/2024 07:17
Changes: 08/08/2014 11:41 (48), 05/03/2019 14:27 (3), 07/02/2024 07:17 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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