Sidewinder G2 Firewall up to 6.1.0.01 Patch 2 Proxy denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sidewinder G2 Firewall up to 6.1.0.01 Patch 2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Proxy Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2543. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sidewinder G2 Firewall up to 6.1.0.01 Patch 2 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Proxy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Secure Computing Corporation Sidewinder G2 6.1.0.01 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (proxy failure) via invalid traffic to the (1) T.120 or (2) RTSP proxy, or (3) invalid MIME messages to the mail filter. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability because the embedded monitoring sub-system automatically restarts after the failure.

The bug was discovered 05/18/2004. The weakness was released 05/18/2004 with Securecomputing (Website). The advisory is shared at securecomputing.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2543 since 11/20/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.activations.securecomputing.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16183), SecurityFocus (BID 10373†), OSVDB (6232†) and Secunia (SA11632†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-23290, VDB-23427, VDB-23426 and VDB-82020. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Patch: ftp.activations.securecomputing.com

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securecomputing.com
Researcher: http://www.securecomputing.com
Organization: Securecomputing
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2543 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2543
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-661
X-Force: 16183 - Sidewinder G2 Security Appliance T.120 denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10373
Secunia: 11632 - Sidewinder G2 Firewall Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 6232 - Secure Computing Sidewinder G2 Firewall T.120 Proxy Invalid Traffic DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2004 12:33
Updated: 06/28/2019 12:53
Changes: 05/19/2004 12:33 (71), 06/28/2019 12:53 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:ABA:103

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